PROBLEM: SEWAGE ODORS – OUTDOORS
Risks:
Major nuisance. Potential health risk.
Potential Causes:
- Source other than owner’s system
- Sewage surfacing in yard
- Inspection port caps damaged or removed
- Unsealed manhole cover
- Short roof vent pipe (your’s/neighbors’)
- Unsealed electrical conduit
Potential Remedies:
- Clean tank and check pump(s)
- Replace damaged caps
- Repair or replace soil treatment area
- Seal manhole cover
- Extend roof vent pipe
- Add carbon filter to roof vent
- Identify source
