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Pressure Assist

 

In a pressure assist drainfield, the wastewater is pumped to the field because it cannot flow by gravity. Wastewater flows from the septic tank to the pump chamber where it is pumped uphill and dispersed by gravity through the absorption field lines. Other than the addition of the pump chamber, this system operates identically to a septic tank-soil absorption system.

 

 
 

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