Cesspool & Septic Service, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

How Do Drywells Work? What’s A Drywell? A  drywell   is an absorption system burried under ground usually in the shape of a cylender.  Drywells  cylendars are usually a tall with concrete with holes in the side and an open bottom. (see bottom right side) Drywell Installations & How They Work Drywells  are installed by digging a deep hole, usually near the septic tank, and setting the  drywell  in it. Gravel is usually dumped around the outside of the  drywell  and a lid put on top. The  drywell  is then connected to the septic tank with piping and the whole thing is covered with soil. Effluent enters the  drywell  from the septic tank and then exits out the holes in the side and seeps into the soil that surrounds it. Drywells  were also constructed of brick. These were built as upside-down cone shaped structures constructed inside a large hole. Once completed, they were carefully covered up with soil (backfilled). Some have small lids at the top of th

A  septic tank  works like a fish tank where there is a life cycle. Bacteria feeds microbes in the water. There will always be scum floating on the top and sludge on the bottom. Water will stay between the two layers unless the layer of scum and sludge are too thick. In which case the water will not be able to flow in or out of the tank usually clogging the pipes as a result. Bleach breaks down the cycle by killing all the microbes in the water. When you have a good functioning tank the microbes digest some of the scum layer and prolongs the maintenance intervals.  A lot of systems have two  cesspools . The second  cesspool  is an  overflow cesspool  that is in place to leach water into the sand while the main  cesspool  handles the solid material. Sometimes older homes have only one  cesspool .  Suffolk county  mostly have a few systems like this. Suffolk cesspool systems run the gambit in regards to the types and variety of drainage systems in use. Although laws change

The Purpose of a Grease Trap Grease traps are often called interceptors and grease converters and they have one main purpose, to catch or intercept the grease and solid waste before they enter the wastewater in a septic or sewer system. These grease traps are metal or plastic tank fixtures, attached to plumbing systems, that contain pools of rotting food and waste. Fats, oils, and grease are lighter than water and float to the top of the tanks.  Grease traps have been around since the 1880’s and the technology has remained almost the same since then. They have a tank that acts as a reservoir holding the wastewater and solids that enter the trap. As the wastewater cools, the fat, oil, and grease hardens, and allows the food solids to settle. These solids, being lighter than water, float to the top of the grease trap. The wastewater is forced through the grease trap and out to the septic or sewer system. The fat, oil, and grease remain in the tank increasing in volume fro

How does a Cesspool Work? Biodegradable waste water empties out of a home through a main drainage pipe into the cesspool. The cesspool is an underground water-tight container made to hold the liquid and solid waste. Naturally occurring anaerobic bacteria begins to breakdown the waste by essentially digesting it and separating it into three parts. Solid waste which sinks to the bottom of the tank, lighter particles which form a layer of scum along the surface. Bacteria continues to break down the solid waste and converts it into liquid which then flows out through a series of perforated pipes known as leach fields into where it slowly seeps harmlessly into the surrounding soil. The soil receives, treats and disperses the wastewater into the ground. #Cesspool #Cesspools #NewCesspool #NewCesspools #CesspoolPumped #CesspoolsPumped #Septic #SepticTank #SepticTanks #SepticSystem #NewSepticSystem #SepticTankPumped #Overflow #Overflows #OverflowPumped #Overflo

Dry Wells Dry wells are drainage structures that leach rain water from parking lots, roads, buildings, roof water, bridges, or a house roof or driveway into the ground. Home dry wells can also be utilized to leach laundry water into the ground. They can consist of precast concrete ring or multiple rings depending on the capacity needed or the depth which is needed to reach good sand for sufficient drainage. These precast rings are made in different diameters that also effect drainage capacity. On top of the precast ring or rings is a top which can be a dome or a slab with a smaller access hole in it. That hole is covered with either a steel manhole cover and brought to grade for access or a concrete cover that is buried below ground. If the cover is below ground, it will eventually need to be accessed at some point in it's life for maintenance. Dry wells are very similar to a cesspool with two key differences. One difference is obviously what waste water it's being us