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Flush hazardous chemicals
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Flush cigarette butts or sanitary products
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Use a garbage disposal/garburator
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Plant trees or shrubs too close to the septic system or leaching bed
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Use special additives that are touted to enhance the performance of your tank or system
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Use excessive amounts of water (190 litres per person per day is typical)
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Leave interior faucets on to protect water lines during cold spells.
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Instead, properly insulate or heat your faucets and plumbing
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Dig without knowing the location of your septic system
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Drive over your septic tank or any buried components in your sewage system
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Dump RV waste into your septic tank
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Enter a tank - Gases generated in the septic tank &/or oxygen depletion can be fatal
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Connect rain gutters, storm drains or allow surface water to drain into a sewage system
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Remove and throw away the effluent filter to avoid cleaning it.
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Flush substances that cause maintenance problems &/or increase the need for septage pumping