Mom has lived there since 1989 and has never had the tank pumped. Except
for one time when I had to put the aerorator back in operation and add a
white powder to help the bacteria growth it works fine. Your parents really
never have had the tank pumped. Wow! Everyone I know who did this ends up
pumping their tank every 5 years.

wrote in message
oups.com...

Dick wrote:
You don't want to run the brine into your septic. Our water softener
drain bypasses the septic and goes into the roof gutter drain system
which ends up in the storm swale out by the street. Solves the
problem.



My parents have been running the brine into their septic tank for
45 years with no apparent problems. Evidently the bugs can handle
the salt, if that is your worry. Running it into a rainwater
system may be contrary to code in some places though I don't
imagine it is any worse than salting the roads.

Of course you DO want to keep the discharge away from your well,
most septic systems are arranged that way already.

--

FF