Assertion: septic tank | /r/CapableOf | hold the sewage
Facets:
value: from the home
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A Septic tank is any tank which holds the sewage and (using fixed high and low level baffles inside the tank usually) removes most of the floatables, grease, and solids before the effluent goes to the leach field to soak into the ground.
text: Your septic tank retains wastewater to separate solids from liquids while some bacterial digestion occurs.
text: Rather it holds sewage until the solids (toilet paper, etc.) settle to the bottom of the tank and only liquid flows out of the tank and into the drainfield.
text: When wastewater disposal systems are abandoned, a septic tank and seepage pit must have the sewage removed by a septic tank pumper, and must be crushed in place or completely filled with compacted soil, concrete, or other approved material, as required by the Uniform Plumbing Code.
text: The septic tank holds wastewater from the home until solid debris settles at the bottom of the tank (the sludge layer) and lighter waste, such as oil, rises to the top to form the scum layer.
text: A Septic tank is any tank which holds the sewage and (using fixed high and low level baffles inside the tank usually) removes most of the floatables, grease, and solids before the effluent goes to the leach field to soak into the ground.
text: Your septic tank retains wastewater to separate solids from liquids while some bacterial digestion occurs.