On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 19:42:54 -0500, ChrisGW
wrote:

Dick
I do not know where you live but, having to have your septic pumped three times
since August suggests that your leach field has completely failed. I live in
North Eastern North Carolina in the Dismal Swamp and have never had to pump that
often except when the leach field started to go bad.

ChrisGW

I'm not convinced yet that it is completely failed. We have had a
number of homes with septic systems in both cold and warm climates.
The problem started with heavy rains over several days which formed a
lake in our backyard. The water had no place to go but down which
sent it right down to the leach field. When the tank was pumped the
first two times, the excess water from the drain field just poured
back into the tank. Several hundred gallons of rainwater. With the
field so saturated with water, the output from the tank really had no
where to go. It may be though, and we are discussing the situation
with the Country and contractors. Our options at this point are few
(make that very expensive.)

Dick