The Septic Protector is practically a requirement for a durable septic system. Greywater systems would benefit greatly from the septic protector as well.
Think about this...in most cases when a septic system fails it's not the tank that is failing, it's because the drainfield/soil got plugged-up with solids and will no longer allow water to pass through it. Pretty simple isn't it. One of the best ways to prevent solids from plugging the soil is by using filters (gee, that was a tough one). Washing machines are a leading source of the solids that plug drainfields.
A typical family discharges enough lint every year to carpet a living room floor! Lint screens and nylon socks trap less than 5% of these contaminates. These minute particles, because they are so small and light, do not settle in the septic tank, rather they stay in suspension and are flushed out to the drainfield where they actually plug-up the pores of the soil bed.
To compound the problem much of our clothing and carpeting is now manufactured with synthetics, polyester, nylon etc... Septic systems do not breakdown plastics! Once these non-organic materials enter the drainfield, there is no way to remove them.
This filter has been featured on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and FOX news broadcasts around the country. Entire communities, prisons, Laundromats are using this filter and many contractors are automatically including it with every system they install. Some Government Agencies would like to make filtered wash water a code requirement! Why? Because it works! With the cost to replace a septic system running $5,000 to more than $20,000 the FILTROL 160 is cheap insurance to protect your wallet and your property.
