Dry grass over septic tank

GaryM expounded:

Ann wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Thanks Ann. The trouble is to do that requires a significant area to be raised too as the tank is in the middle of flat area of lawn.

Hence my search for another solution.

Gary

The reason it's drying out is there isn't enough soil over it for the roots of the grass to go deep and remain hydrated. The solution would be to add more soil if you want grass to grow there well. Or, add enough soil to make it a decorative planter berm ,or leave it alone and plant xeric plants. Making the soil even more shallow there for it to dry out even faster will only result in your grass going dead faster.

GaryM expounded:

I hear ya, Gary, but there really isn't any way around it, my sister and her husband had to replace their lawn because of it...luckily it wasn't much of a lawn anyways. Typical contractor job over bank gravel, 6" just wasn't going to cut it anyways. Good luck with it.