A Full Service Septic Company
Servicing Residential and Commercial Customers and Contracts

Do's

  • Do have your septic tank pumped out and inspected every two to four years to maintain proper performance.
  • Do keep a record of all pumping, inspections and maintenance.
  • Do dispose of only household wastes and toilet tissue.
  • Do use liquid detergents rather than powder.
  • Do seed leach field area with low water grasses, such as buffalo or prairie grass.
  • Do divert greywater sources from the septic system (ie: roof downspouts, and sump pump drains, etc.).

Don'ts

  • Don't allow kitchen grease into system or any other nondegradable.
  • Don't dispose of any chemicals down your drains. Doing so will contaminate your system and ground water.
  • Don't use chemical additives to maintain proper function of system.
  • Don't drive or build on leach field.
  • Don't install sprinkler systems or landscaping over leach field area.

Septic Vocabulary


Family Owned and Operated

Sullivan Septic
PO Box 1288
Longmont, Colorado 80502-1288
(303) 772-4019
Fax: (970) 535-9424