Sink garbage disposal on a Septic Tank System. Yea or nay?

Bonniepeebles · 2017-01-05T18:26:41+00:00

We have a spectic tank and it gets pumped on a regular .... fairly regular basis. I'd like to put a garbage disposal in the sink but the data is kind of sketchy on this. I can see where you would not want to grind up a whole lot of stuff and put it down the drain but I'm mainly looking to grind up bit and pieces of crap that get left in the sink when cleaning the dishes or when scraping the plates. I put what I can in the garbage but some stuff is too liquidly and I would like to be able to put this down the drain with the disposal. I cannot see the difference between scraping it from the plate to the sink, to the disposal to the septic tank vs eatting the food, using the toilet and then it going to the septic tank. The food ends up in the same place both ways. So what is the problem of a disposal unit on a septic tank system? It is a matter of VOLUME? Or a matter of WHAT I put down the drain? As I said earlier, it would only be food I cannot place in the garbage and what is in the sink after doing the dishes. I don't plan to grind up bones so I really can't see the problem. I mean if I have the tank emptied on a regualr basis what does it matter? The stuff should break down any ways, right? Any advice appreciated. I looked on the net and it seemed to lean towards a "no" but didn't explain why very well. Thanks

Jan 05, 2017 20 Replies

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Lacopo Ferrari 9 years ago

Fri, 6 Jan 2017 08:23:33 -0600, Unquestionably Confused responded:

All your advice was nicely logical in that it made sense. If the guy can stick a stick in my septic hole, I should be able to stick a stick into it too.

Now I only have to find it ... :)

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