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[–] ZombiFrancis 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Reduce FOG. Fats, Oils, Greases.

Especially if you're on septic. You can have clean pipes and a bricked tank or even worse clogged drainfield.

Sewage backing up into the home, or surfacing in the yard, and now the house is posted for non-occupancy and a 20-80k repair or replacement.

Gotem.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I wish I knew this when I was growing up. My parents had so many problems with septic, and I’m sure some of them were what we put down the drain. We cost my parents so much money

[–] ZombiFrancis 2 points 5 months ago

Ah don't be ashamed of not having known though. I used to work for a health department and did a lot of outreach in rural communities. It's amazing how little knowledge of wastewater systems there is out there. Education on private infrastructure is lacking. People might learn about public treatment plants (seriously Ms Frizzle's Magic School Bus is the primary common point of reference) and assume their house is served by the same: even when miles out side a city off a forestry road.