Old septic
I found a few threads about using the stuff out of a septic, but I feel I have a bit of a unique situation. we bought a neigjnoring property that had a rental on it. we planned to tear it down and build a better home on it (its small, has had like 10 additions and needs serious updates). there was a family renting and we kept them for about a year. every now and then the toilets flushed slow but after a day they were fine. looking at the plumbing i assumed it was too much use for the little venting they had, as the previous owners said the sewer had been run there. the renters moved out and covid hit so we delayed out build. fast forward to now, we still have it but had some friends needing a place to move I to for a year or so. toilets started doing the same thing and so we had a professional rooter come out and he said the septic was plugged. he helped us locate it and we dug it up.
its old, wood box with railroad ties as a cover with a tarp over that and then covered with 6 inches of dirt. the inlet pipe was broken so most stuff wasnt getting in. I know people have connected to sewers via the existing septic and just back filled and that is what I assumed here. it was not the case. I dug it up to verify and to repair inlet pipe and it was just full of what I can o by assume was composed sewage. it was dirt, no rocks, but plenty of toys and tampon applicators. but just dirt. I dug it out and exposed and cleared the leach line and repaired it to code. city inspected and said it was good to go. (turns out previous owners parents paid to for a stub out from the sewer main when the city installed it 60 years ago, but never actually ran their sewer main the 1000 feet to connect it.
ANYWAYS, since it is composted for at least 5 years, and the last few weeks the new tenants have used it, it was leaking out of the severed inlet pipe outside of the box itself, can I use the dirt in planter boxes or till it into a garden? its 5 foot by 6 foot by about 5 foot deep, so its about 5-6 yards of material that id love to use if its good to go. again, its been in there at least 5 years but probably 10 years or more.
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