On 5/17/2011 5:49 PM, willshak wrote:
Frank wrote the following:
On 5/17/2011 1:21 PM, Joe J wrote:
Are there any reasons besides looks, to mow the grass growing on a mound
septic system? 2.5 acres and it's all grass and I would just like to let
some of it grow wild, maybe throw out a few thousand wildflower seeds
and cut in some walking paths and let a lot of the rest of the grass
just grow, including what's on the mound. Any negatives to not cutting
the grass on the mound?

I cut grass over mine. Purpose is evaporation. Your system can't cover
a full 2.5 acres. Does not make sense to be that big.
He's not talking about the fields. I have less than an acre and my
fields are 400' long (4 at 100' each).
The field size is determined by the number of bedrooms, not bathrooms as
you may assume.


Yes. There are basically two kinds of fields, seepage, and evaporation
or a combination of the two. The evaporation fields are larger or with
more surface area. Around here, perc test may determine how many
bedrooms you are allowed and now alternate fields are also required.
The county would like to push everyone into being hooked up to the sewer
lines.

OP says he has 2.5 acres and I guess he could pick any part to grow
however he wants. My neighbors yard grows completely wild and I've seen
his septic up. OK now but was a problem when kids and in-laws lived
there. Neighbor across street got by with a cesspool as there was just
him and his wife but when a family with kids moved in they elected to
tap into the sewer line.