WAter tickling septic

[istockfunds]

Hello Everyone,

I read Pablo's post and am experiencing the same issues as Pablo regarding the sound of trickling water into my pump chamber/holding tank (not septic). I have not had any issues with my pump, however, my two year old system is puzzling me since I can't understand why the trickling seems non-stop?

The installer claims it is a leak coming from my home...however, I've checked the discharge pipe from my home and it is dry???

Any thoughts? Could it be groundwater entering into the tank? Do tanks have seams that need proper sealing when they're installed? Do tanks have weep holes that need proper plugging? These are both things that I've heard relative to groundwater entering the tank.

Thanks in advance for anyone's input.

-Bob

[joed]

thread hijack split off.

Pavblo post he is referring to.

http://www.selfhelpforums.com/showthread.php?t=12689

[AllanJ]

Septic tanks and any pump chamber between them and the leach field are not supposed to have holes or cracks (except the inlet, the outlet, and the clean out hatch).

[Wgoodrich]

I take it you have a septic tank then a holding tank for a sewage lift pump. However I am not sure you may be talking about a perimeter drain system not involved with your waste lines of your house at all. Please explain.

If this is a second tank or a true holding tank you pump out once a month or so then tell me how you confirmed your outlet pipe carrying your sewage water from the house was dry ? Have you lifted the lid on this tank and looked inside for the source of the water coming in ?

Wg

[Herdsman]

I'm going to assume that this setup is a septic tank with the outlet emptying into a pump chamber, where the pump pumps the water to the leach field (which is at a higher elevation than the tank(s)? If this is so, then when water renters the septic tanks, you'll get a bit of a surge to the pump chamber, but water will continue to trickle in from the septic tank to the pump chamber for quite some time. One way to check if it's really coming from the septic tank outlet would be to pump the septic tank down to the well below the outlet, then after a short time the flow stops, it's from the tank (or just temporarily plug the outlet, if you have access). Ground water could be entering the system at multiple points the septic tank, the lines between the house and tank (although you said this was dry), the pump chamber, the line between the septic tank and the pump chamber. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out where it's coming from...