Technical Breakdown: How Bio-Mat Failure Contaminates Aquifers
In the onsite wastewater industry, we talk a lot about "acceptance rates" and "hydraulic loading," but for the homeowner, it really comes down to one thing: the biomat. The biomat is a biological layer that forms at the interface between the gravel in your trench and the native soil. It is supposed to be there; it slows down the effluent so the soil microbes can treat it. But here is where the...
