Onsite waste water treatment plants have been successfully used to treat waste water generated by residential homes for many years. These systems are commonly referred to as septic tanks or septic system and usually located in rural areas of the country where city sewer is not available.
With a septic tank and drain field comes the responsibility of caring for the system, which includes septic safe toilet products. Septic safe toilet cleaners have been the topic of many discussions and debates.
Products that are considered green products and safe for your septic system can usually be found in your local grocery store along with traditional septic safe toilet cleansers. Be sure to read the ingredients usually listed on the back of the contained. Since the industry is not regulated with respects to if a product is or is not septic safe, it is probably a good idea not to rely on the manufacturer’s fancy label to properly disclose the truth about the product being septic safe.
Take a few extra minutes and read the labels. Most products will claim to be septic safe toilet cleaners. Make sure and read the label.