Your Septic

If you have a cottage at Salerno Lake, you will have a septic system.

 

Septic Systems are the single largest polluter of our lakes.  All systems pollute, but the more efficiently your septic system operates, the less pollution goes into the environment.

 

Anything that goes down the drain — every shower drip and every toilet flush — flows to the septic system. Poorly maintained septic systems can be a source of E-coli as well as weed causing nutrients in the lake.
 
You can reduce these risks by having your septic tank inspected and pumped out every three-five years. Municipalities are creating a Septic Pumpout Program.
 
Please visit CHA's Septic Health for a comprehensive overview on septics and their efficient operation and maintenance.

A septic functions on the principal of digestion of organic materials by bacteria. In the septic tank naturally present enzymes break the bonds of compounds, resulting in a simple feed that bacteria then metabolize, converting waste into mostly water carbon dioxide and mineral ash.

 

Clean, clear effluent then flows out of the tank and into the tile bed (leaching field) where the effluent percolates into the soil. The more efficient the system operates the less pollution goes into the environment. The more bacteriological activity in the septic tank the better the treatment of the waste in the tank and the longer the life of your tile bed.

 

One of the very few approved bacteria additives is the Eco Ethic Septic Treatment – available at Northern Expressions Haliburton and the Organic Times in Minden. EcoEthic Septic System Treatment is a complete blend of natural bacteria that digest organic waste keeping your septic tank and drains clean and clear.