RE

CO

RD

KE

EP

ING

K

eep

copi

es o

f al

l sys

tem

dra

win

gs/p

lans

of

the

site

/in

stal

led

equi

pmen

t/ser

vice

re

cord

s w

ith

all

othe

r ho

me

appl

ianc

e do

cum

ents

. R

ecor

d al

l ap

plic

able

in

form

atio

n.

LAU

ND

RY

/WA

TE

R U

SA

GE

S

prea

d w

ash

load

s th

roug

hout

the

wee

k. I

nste

ad o

f liq

uid

fabr

ic s

ofte

ner,

drye

r she

ets

shou

ld b

e us

ed. U

se

a lo

w-s

ud,

biod

egra

dabl

e de

terg

ent,

like

the

Mig

hty

Mik

e® L

aund

ry D

eter

gent

from

Sci

enco

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ST (w

ww

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LEA

KY

FIX

TU

RE

S

Larg

e qu

antit

ies

of w

ater

are

add

ed to

you

r was

tew

ater

sy

stem

whe

n yo

u ha

ve le

akin

g fi x

ture

s. T

imel

y de

tect

ion

and

repa

ir ca

n he

lp to

max

imiz

e th

e lif

e of

you

r sys

tem

, es

peci

ally

the

drai

n fi e

ld.

WA

TE

R S

OFT

EN

ER

S

The

FAS

T®

proc

ess

may

to

lera

te

disc

harg

e fro

m

prop

erly

ope

ratin

g so

ftene

rs th

at b

ackw

ash

as n

eede

d ba

sed

on w

ater

usa

ge (D

IR) v

s. ti

mer

ope

rate

d sy

stem

s,

if al

low

ed b

y yo

ur lo

cal r

egul

ator

y au

thor

ity.

How

ever

, th

ese

disc

harg

es c

an p

ossi

bly

dam

age

othe

r pa

rts o

f th

e se

ptic

sys

tem

.

FOO

D W

AS

TE

S

Gar

bage

dis

posa

l was

te is

acc

epta

ble

- if

allo

wed

by

your

loca

l reg

ulat

ory

auth

ority

. H

owev

er, i

t may

lead

to

mor

e fre

quen

t rem

oval

of s

olid

s fro

m y

our

sept

ic ta

nk.

For

larg

e qu

antit

ies

of f

ood,

ple

ase

disp

ose

of in

the

ga

rbag

e.

FAT

S, O

ILS

, & G

RE

AS

E

Be

awar

e to

o m

uch

grea

se (i

.e. a

nim

al fa

ts, v

eget

able

oi

ls, l

ard,

etc

) dow

n th

e dr

ain

may

ove

rload

or p

reve

nt

the

bact

eria

from

fully

bre

akin

g do

wn

the

was

te.

DIS

INFE

CTA

NT

S /

CLE

AN

ER

S

Use

citr

ic a

cid,

chl

orin

e, a

nd/o

r ot

her

biod

egra

dabl

e cl

eane

rs

acco

rdin

g to

th

e m

anuf

actu

rer’s

re

com

men

datio

ns.

Pro

duct

s co

ntai

ning

qu

ater

nary

am

mon

ia o

r pin

e oi

l-bas

ed c

lean

ers

shou

ld n

ot b

e us

ed.

Use

dra

in c

lean

ers

as a

last

reso

rt to

unc

log

pipe

s.

ME

DIC

INE

S

DO

N

OT

FLU

SH

TH

EM

D

OW

N A

NY

DR

AIN

. A

ll an

tibio

tic m

edic

ines

are

har

mfu

l to

tre

atm

ent

qual

ity.

Unu

sed

med

icat

ions

sh

ould

be

re

turn

ed

to

the

phar

mac

y, d

octo

r, or

thro

wn

away

in th

e tra

sh.

NO

TE:

As th

e hu

man

body

abs

orbs

≤20

% o

f the

se m

edica

tions

, ple

ase n

otify

your

servi

ce pr

ovide

r of m

edici

nes i

n the

hous

e. Th

is co

uld

redu

ce tr

ouble

shoo

ting e

fforts

and p

ossib

ly yo

ur m

ainten

ance

bill.

FLO

OR

DR

AIN

S F

RO

M G

AR

AG

E A

ND

WO

RK

RO

OM

SS

houl

d be

div

erte

d aw

ay f

rom

you

r se

ptic

sys

tem

. Ite

ms

like

petro

leum

-bas

ed o

ils,

gas,

and

saw

dus

t sh

ould

nev

er e

nter

the

syst

em.

SE

PT

IC T

AN

K A

DD

ITIV

ES

/ E

NZ

YM

ES

Th

e w

aste

wat

er

in

the

syst

em

cont

ains

al

l th

e re

quire

d ba

cter

ia f

or p

rope

r op

erat

ion.

Add

itive

s ar

e un

nece

ssar

y; a

nd m

ay d

o m

ore

harm

than

goo

d.

PAP

ER

PR

OD

UC

TS

U

se s

ingl

e- o

r dou

ble-

ply,

non

-qui

lted,

whi

te to

ilet p

aper

pr

oduc

ts.

Som

e co

lor

dyes

in

the

pape

r ca

nnot

be

eate

n by

nat

ural

bac

teria

. Non

-ble

ache

d pa

per

(bro

wn

in c

olor

) tak

es lo

nger

to b

reak

dow

n an

d ca

n th

eref

ore

incr

ease

you

r bi

osol

ids

pum

p ou

t fre

quen

cy.

Avoi

d fl u

shin

g pa

per

tow

els,

nap

kins

, wip

es, o

r ot

her

thic

ker

pape

r mat

eria

l.

PLE

AS

E B

E A

WA

RE

OF

TH

E F

OLL

OW

ING

:

• O

nly

qual

ifi ed

serv

ice p

erso

ns s

houl

d op

en a

ny a

cces

s po

rt on

a s

eptic

syst

em. A

lway

s se

cure

all a

cces

s co

vers

of t

he ta

nk, c

ontro

l pan

el a

nd

blow

er to

ens

ure

no o

ne c

an e

nter

with

out t

he u

se o

f pro

per t

ools.

• DO

NO

T us

e fl a

me

or s

park

nea

r a s

eptic

tank

acc

ess

poin

t(s).

Gas

es

eman

atin

g fro

m s

eptic

tank

s ca

n ex

plod

e if

igni

ted;

or d

eadl

y if

inha

led.

• In

fect

ious

org

anism

s ex

ist in

a s

eptic

tan

k. I

f in

dire

ct c

onta

ct w

ith

wast

ewat

er,

imm

edia

tely

wash

and

disi

nfec

t al

l ex

pose

d ar

eas.

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se c

onta

ct p

erso

nal p

hysic

ian(

s).

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ESE

ITEM

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HE

DR

AIN

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car

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you

r se

ptic

sys

tem

for

your

hea

lth,

fi na

nces

, and

the

env

iron

men

t.

s a

OU

TS

IDE

DO

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DO

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AR

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sh

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med

by

a qu

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ervi

ce

com

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for

ens

urin

g th

e lo

ng li

fe

of y

our

syst

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LOW

ER

OP

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AT

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D

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f blo

wer

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otify

you

r mai

nten

ance

pr

ovid

er if

you

det

ect p

robl

ems

with

the

blow

er o

r if

you

are

leav

ing

the

prop

erty

for a

n ex

tend

ed p

erio

d (>

3 w

eeks

).

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RM

If al

arm

sou

nds,

pre

ss th

e “R

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but

ton

on th

e fro

nt o

f th

e pa

nel.

Con

tact

you

r se

rvic

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ovid

er

(info

sho

uld

be o

n th

e co

ntro

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nel

and/

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he

blow

er)

or c

onta

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io-M

icro

bics

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3-42

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ossi

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DO

WN

SP

OU

TS

Any

whe

re w

ater

is c

olle

cted

, i.e

. roo

f dow

nspo

uts,

pa

vem

ent

runo

ff, o

r su

mp

pum

p/ho

use

foot

ing

drai

ns, t

he w

ater

sho

uld

be d

iver

ted

away

from

the

sept

ic ta

nk o

r dra

infi e

ld.

TR

AFF

IC /

LAN

DS

CA

PIN

GD

o no

t driv

e ov

er a

ny p

ortio

n of

you

r sys

tem

(tan

k,

pipi

ng,

drai

n fi e

ld)

exce

pt f

or n

orm

al y

ard

traffi

c,

i.e. l

awn

mow

ers,

etc

. Tan

ks (

H-2

0) c

an b

e m

ade

for

unde

r ro

adw

ays,

driv

eway

s. I

f po

ssib

le,

dete

r tra

ffi c

by u

sing

a fe

nce

or c

reat

e a

land

scap

ed a

rea

with

sha

llow

roo

t pl

ants

(or

nam

enta

ls,

bush

es,

deco

rativ

e gr

asse

s, a

nd/o

r fl o

wer

s).

Don

’t pl

ant

trees

nea

r any

por

tion

of y

our s

yste

m (w

ithin

30’

).

ST

RU

CT

UR

ES

Do

not

build

pat

ios,

car

ports

, or

oth

er s

truct

ures

ov

er a

ny p

art

of y

our

sept

ic s

yste

m;

as t

his

may

ca

use

dam

age.

VE

NT

S /

OD

OR

S /

INTA

KE

SK

eep

vent

and

blo

wer

hou

sing

cle

ar o

f deb

ris, s

uch

as le

aves

and

sno

w. C

onta

ct y

our s

ervi

ce p

rovi

der

if yo

u de

tect

sep

tic o

dors

, as

thi

s m

ay in

dica

te a

pr

oble

m w

ith th

e sy

stem

.

BIO

SO

LID

S (

SLU

DG

E)

RE

MO

VA

LTo

de

term

ine

whe

n pu

mp

out

is

requ

ired,

a

mai

nten

ance

pro

vide

r sho

uld

mea

sure

the

bios

olid

s le

vel(s

) in

the

tan

k(s)

on

a re

gula

r ba

sis.

Ple

ase

see

the

serv

ice

man

ual f

or s

peci

fi c p

roce

dure

s.

G

S

T

VK

t

Ref

er t

o th

is li

st t

o he

lp k

eep

your

sys

tem

per

form

ing

prop

erly

.