Laundry Washing Machine Lint Filter & Septic Field

[ponytug]

What insects lay eggs in cloths except for wool moths?

Flies for one, certain kinds of beetles, and plus fly poop that can transmit worms, e.g. hook and pin worms to mention a few.

Hook worm incidence in the US, not including Florida, where it is endemic.

If you don't have flies or worms in your area, certainly a non-issue. Not everyone is so lucky.

All the best,

Peter

 

[lilranch2001]

According to that article it rarely occurs in the US

 

[Torvy]

Do people actually iron their tighty whities?

I finally got my wife to stop wasting time trying to fold them. (33 years).

He hardly ever iron anything anymore. Partly improve fabrics and getting things out of the dryer quickly. Partly just lazy and don't care about wrinkles in daily wear. Who am I trying to impress in my sweats or jeans (shorts in summer) and a t-shirt? Will iron suit components, but rarely wear them anymore.

 

[Torvy]

It always amazes me how people expect a discussion to just be focused on what THEY think the discussion should be!!

Imagine that in a real conversation with a friend (face to face). "Sorry Bob, we are only discussing the current rainfall. If you want to talk about last week's rainfall, that will have to be another discussion at another time."

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Imagine that in a real conversation with a friend (face to face). "Sorry Bob, we are only discussing the current rainfall. If you want to talk about last week's rainfall, that will have to be another discussion at another time."

I just learned this, now I know why I have friends. Listening, one of the most important skills.

If you don't have any synthetic clothes, then why would you need a filter?

 

[workinonit]

Funny, I bet the majority of houses for as long as I can remember within a 10 mile radius and likely in the entire state have run their brown or gray or black water in the ditch or garden spot. I've never heard of any of the things you people are talking about.

 

[ponytug]

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According to that article it rarely occurs in the US

I might favor the choice of words as "less common than it used to be", rather than "rarely", but yes, less of a problem than it used to be in the US. More here;

CDC - Hookworm

Education and information about hookworm including fact sheets and information on prevention and control, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.

www.cdc.gov

Part of the reason that they are less common are public health measures like septic systems, fewer folks going barefoot, better clothes washing, and ironing, and of course effective drugs like ivermectin to treat worms. However, the incidence is rising in the southeastern part of the US, where it was (is?) considered endemic.

However, not uncommon globally in the warmer humid areas of the world. Global incidence is thought to be half to three quarters of a billion people.

All the best,

Peter

 

[arto98607]

It always amazes me how people expect a discussion to just be focused on what THEY think the discussion should be!!

 

[lilranch2001]

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I’m sorry if you are a blind black man and I offended you with my post….

 

[rScotty]

The water from our washer, showers, and bathroom sinks all go out to the grey water seep area. No water leaves our 20 acres and nobody from the county ever inspects buildings once the initial inspections are complete. I understand the reasons that you state for the regulations in general, but the grey water system was already here when we bought the place and nobody is exposed except us. To our own wash water.

Now that the plastic infiltrators are approved and commonly used for septic systems, it is easy to design an additional system specifically for grey water or for a barn. Regulations are the problem. Technically, having several separate and specialized systems simply works better.

 

[arto98607]

Update

Its been about a week and four partial loads of laundry washed.

My only reason for this filter is to catch man-made fibers and keep them from going to the drainage field since most of them will float and may or may not be collected in the septic tank.

Our county is recommending all gravity septic tanks should have outlet baffle filter and this is my compromise, since this filter is whole lot easier to clean up compared to septic tank outlet baffler filter.




This is what the filter has collected from 4 medium loads, and some of you may think it's not a big deal and thats fine with me - each to his own.