High Water Table Causes Septic Problems

If you are experiencing spetic tank problems consitently during a rainy season or during the snow melt, then your problem might have something to do with a high water table. Soil saturation around the tank, pipeline, and trenches may cause a failure in your septic system. If you home is in a flat area and recieves an excess of rain or water from snow melt in the spring, then your house may have drainage problems, which means septic problems as well. If this is your situation, then you may want to consider installing drainage tiles around your septic tank system. These will effectively lower the water table, and put an end to your septic tank problems. Just make sure that the tiles drain the water into an open water source, such as a surface ditch or another drainage system.