Article: Sump pump discharge.(Answers to your home improvement questions: expert advice on topics from tight bulbs to sump pumps)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)

Is it possible to connect my sump pump discharge pipe to my old septic tank? The tank hasn't been used in 15 years.

BILL BOLLIG

Elk Grove Village, IL

You can discharge to the septic tank and the leaching field connected to it if your municipality permits it and providing that the tank and leaching field were not caved in or filled with dirt or sand when they were disconnected.

I assume that your house is now connected to a municipal sewer system. In switching over from a septic system to a municipal sewer, ...

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