What is the difference between a leech or a drain field and a finger system?
Question:We have septic problems and are going to get it fixed but keep hearing different terms like leech field and finger system and drain field and not sure if they are all the same thing.
Answers:
They are the same thing, but some people just use different terms. Only two systems exist, the drain\leach field, and the dual sand filter system. Check with your local health department. Around here, sand filters are no longer allowed.
i don't know about the leech field and the finger system but i do know leech drains work mostly on the principal of evaporation, (60%) so it's important that they aren't too deep and that they have good free draining material on top of them (ie river sand). Anything too deep and nothing will evaporate and you;ll have problems.
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