Backwash & septic systems

[Drthunt]

Does anyone have experience with appropriate places to drain backwash water if we have an aerobic septic system? We have a saltwater pool & sand filter. We are on large (approx 2 acre lots), but our lot has a lot of slope (toward them).

Our neighbor is complaining about water coming from our lot, and we are trying to find other ways to disperse the backwash water.

 

[Texas Splash]

You can confirm with your septic maintainer and perhaps Environmental at the country, but I don't believe they allow pool backwash to go into aerobic systems. I have aerobic and we can't even let water softener regen water go into the septic. Is there some other drain relief on your property that a longer backwash hose could reach?

 

[Mdragger88]

You definitely don’t want your pool water in your septic system- it’s only designed to handle the amount of waste water your size home puts out.
We have a septic system & I just put my backwash in the yard about 40ft from the pool which is also far from my septic tank & leach field.
Unless I am draining the pool down for winter there’s really not that much water happening for a normal backwash/rinse cycle. I also don’t need to do it often enough that it causes a runoff problem. I backwash maybe 3 or 4 times a season including opening & closing. Backwashing should occur when pressure rises 25% over clean pressure- not on some arbitrary schedule.

 

[Drthunt]

Ok thank you so much for the information. I really appreciate it. We seem to have to backwash about once a month. We have German Shepherds that swim year round and shed like crazy, so that might have something to do with it. Thanks again!

 

[Mdragger88]

Get some of these for the skimmers to keep the dog hair out of the plumbing
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[Texas Splash]

We have German Shepherds that swim year round and shed like crazy

Make sure you are using a skimmer sock in your poolside skimmer to help catch all the hair. It does wonders for our dog's hair, small debris/grass, and tiny insects. A skimmer sock is easy to pull out and clean (or toss in the trash) and allows less debris to hit the main filter.