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  • You mentioned that the drain field had gotten saturated. If you had done maintenance / repairs, what would the solution have been do deal with the saturation?

    If they had done the maintenance, the drain field would likely not need to be replaced. One of the purposes of the septic tank is to contain solids that the ecosystem inside of the tank can not break down (like wet wipes). It periodically needs sucked out, and people don’t realize this. Once it is full of insoluble material , that material starts going out into the drain field and depositing into the dirt. Eventually turning the dirt into something like clay, that can’t really help spread out the excess water and allow it to evaporate.

    Disclaimer: Just a person researching a future septic system, not professional advice.