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Three causes of septic system soil failure

Septic system soil failure may be physical, biological or chemical. These three conditions often occur in sequence. For instance, when chemical (cationic) exchanges occur from sodium, fines or clay particles may bond into a waterproof barrier, which in turn causes the physical flooding, blockage of soil passages and biological death of air-dependent cleaning organisms in the soil.

Agricultural soil and wastewater scientists have long recognized that in time, sodium in irrigation waters will cause finer soil particles to bond together into impermeable layers. In agriculture, this chemical change causes physical or structural changes in the soil which ultimately leads to loss of biological uptake of plant nutrients.

In the septic system drainfield, problems begin when a thin impermeable layer of bonded fines develops directly under the leachlines or on the trench floor or walls.

This layer grows in density over time and soon a "waterproof" barrier prevents access to the absorptive active soil surfaces needed for maximum organism contact and cleanup of wastes.

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