A couple of weekends ago, our family went to watch my dad fly his remote control planes at his Model Club show day. I have written before how my dad tried to fly his toilet seat plane here.
- My dad’s Spitfire Model Aeroplane
When we arrived and got out of the car I got a whiff of a crap awful smell. It was putrid and it was coming from the toilet block. I decided not to think about it too much because I was there to watch dad fly his planes and Esther was keen to see them too.
Anyway, during the week when dad and I had to check out a broken toilet pan out at the same toilet block, dad told me that the smell I smelt (and that everyone else could smell too) was from the septic tank transpiration trenches.
- The septic tank and transpiration trenches right next to the toilets
- The transpiration trenches doing their business… or rather moving everybody else’s.
To save money, the trenches were installed right next to the septic tank which was right next to the toilet block which meant you could smell everyone’s poop before you even went into the toilet.
So these pictures are to show how not to run septic transpiration trenches. The trenches should have been run at least 100m in the field where no one walks past.
And to explain to those who don’t know what a septic tank is and how they work: If there is no sewer in your area, you put in a septic tank which basically holds all waste water and separates the water from the matter and the effluent water gets transpired through trenches to irrigate land. The organic matter gets pumped out by a specialized truck when the tank is full. Septic tanks are generally used on acreage properties, parklands and farms.
I’m linking up with My Little Drummer Boys today for Wordless Wednesday… but pictures like these need an explanation. 😉
