System Failures

It's once again been a very wet weekend here in the Ozarks. The rivers and lakes continue to rise and the immediate forecast doesn't give us any chances of long-term dry outs.

Besides the threat of losing power everytime we have a thunderstorm here, we've been watching the drain field of our septic.

Our drain field is on a slope and we haven't had problems with standing water in our yard, given we're on the side of a mountain, but this potential problem could affect anyone with a level yard in this type of weather.

If water is standing in the drain field, it could cause the septic system to not be able to drain properly.

Here's a good article that will give you warning signs and things you can do to help the septic make it through the rains:

http://www.metrokc.gov/health/news/03102201.htm