Published March 1997. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published April 1980. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
In a properly operating septic system, the solid material in the sewage is settled out in a septic tank and stored until removal by pumping. The effluent from the tank is still sewage. It has a strong odor and is high in disease causing organisms. This effluent is treated and...
Marsh, bog, swamp, slough, fen–these are just a few
of the names commonly applied to the class of
natural habitats called "wetlands." Broadly defined,
wetlands are land areas that have a prolonged high water
table or at least are covered with shallow water. As a transition
habitat between dry land...