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InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. Here we define the types of septic system pumps and we give a warning about items that will clog septic pumps and grinder pumps as well as ot her safety warnings.

Typically the piping connection from the ejector pump to the building sewer line is 2" and incorporates a check valve the white valve shown in the front-right pipe in our photo. Septic pumps have to move solids by being able to pass large solid objects through the pump without clogging.

Unlike a grinder pump, a simpler "septic pump" doesn't chop or grind the solid waste. Septic effluent pumps do not have to move solids, but are built to standards of durability and duty cycle more demanding than a typical sump pump used to remove ground water from a building. Typical examples of applications where septic effluent pumps are used include raised bed, mound, or sand-bed filtration septic systems in which the absorption bed is located higher than the septic tank.

In these installations septic effluent is pumped from a final chamber in the septic tank or from a second effluent chamber up to the absorption system. But that is not universally the case - in other words, there are some sump pumps that work just fine as effluent pumps, but other sump pump models such as low-cost sump pumps using a vertical float and rod switch and intended for indoor de-watering in basements may not be suitable for septic effluent pumping and may not be designed to be used in a septic effluent tank or drywell.

People use these terms loosely, and even among manufacturers it is important to ask, or read the manufacturer's description of what a particular pump model is intended to handle. Even among sewage pumps and grinder pumps that are intended to either pass solids or grind solids up and pump them, the vulnerability of different pump models to damage, clogging, or motor burn-up from debris that people may flush down drains and toilets varies by pump brand and model.

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A typical septic system consists of a septic tank and a drainfield, or soil absorption field. Specifically, this is how a typical conventional septic system works: All water runs out of your house from one main drainage pipe into a septic tank. The septic tank is a buried, water-tight container usually made of concrete, fiberglass, or polyethylene. Its job is to hold the wastewater long enough to allow solids to settle down to the bottom forming sludge, while the oil and grease floats to the top as scum.

Compartments and a T-shaped outlet prevent the sludge and scum from leaving the tank and traveling into the drainfield area.

The liquid wastewater effluent then exits the tank into the drainfield. The drainfield is a shallow, covered, excavation made in unsaturated soil. Pretreated wastewater is discharged through piping onto porous surfaces that allow wastewater to filter though the soil. The soil accepts, treats, and disperses wastewater as it percolates through the soil, ultimately discharging to groundwater. If the drainfield is overloaded with too much liquid, it can flood, causing sewage to flow to the ground surface or create backups in toilets and sinks.

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