Absorption Area

This component is very important because it is the most expensive and most difficult component of an onsite system to correct. Absorption of the effluent into the soil is achieved through any one of the following ways:

• seepage pits

• absorption beds and trenches

• above grade mounds

• soil replacement systems

We carefully determine the location, type, size and, if present, the liquid level within the absorption area by performing borings*.

A completely saturated absorption area will accelerate organic clogging and could eventually result in an absorption area malfunction.

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* Borings = holes that are dug down into the absorption area to check for saturation.