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Originally Posted by cgarr

You should be able to drink the water off the top of a properly operating septic system

Good to know, but I'm not going to be testing that theory.

We spent a week out at the house. Coffee grounds went down the drain. I noticed that at least some (washing machine) stuff must drain separate from the septic, and I saw what I suspect is evidence of the drain field. The septic tanks are just north of the northwest corner of the house. I noticed that there's a depression that runs nearly due north from the septic tanks for about 50 yards. It's the sort of thing that you might see if people or animals frequently walked a path, but there's no reason for anything or anyone to have walked that path. You can see it in the photo below.



The missus had some laundry running and while walking around, about 30-35 yards due east we noticed water with a tiny bit of suds bubbling up out of the ground where the ground slopes down to a ravine with water runoff.

I'm assuming the track due north of the septic tanks is the drain field and bubbling water due east is (would actually have to curve around to the south a bit from the septic tank) is gray water for the washing machine, and possibly other stuff.