Spooky tales from the gravel crew

Happy Halloween Gravel Grading and Excavating fans! Tis the season for stories that send a shiver up
your spine and leave you feeling a little unsettled. Halloween is all about a little bit of a scare, right?

We have all the spooky stories about septic backups and (dare I say it) top soil erosion!

So settle in with some candy, light a fire, and get ready for some scary stories.

Spooky Story #1:
First up is a story that will have you checking your septic system every day and even through the night.

Typically when septic professionals open the lid to a septic tank, there’s a 10-inch air gap, but during one
inspection, the home inspector found herself looking into a tank filled to the brim with wastewater.

When the inspector walked out to the drain field, where wastewater from a septic tank is slowly
released underground, she found a massive green and black puddle.

“The scary thing was, there were boats and toys in the water,” the inspector says, indicating that the
family’s kids had been playing in that spot.

The homeowner mentioned that the puddle had been there since the last rain – two months prior to the
inspection.

“I had to explain that was no puddle,” the inspector says. “It was wastewater surfacing and she didn’t
want to let her kids play in it. She was horrified.”

Now that’s a scary situation!

To avoid this happening to you, be sure to pump out your septic system regularly. Timeframes depend on number of people in your household and volume of water used. If your septic system is in need of repair or replacement, contact our crew before it’s too late.

Spooky Story #2:
This is a short and not-so-sweet story that some farmers know all too well.

Soil erosion can lead to lost topsoil that you can never get back.

This equates to potential loss of yield for farmers and investment for property owners. Lost top soil can also lead to inefficiencies with your equipment, inconsistency of input placement, and lost dollars. The effects of soil erosion go beyond the loss of fertile land. It has led to increased pollution and sedimentation in streams and rivers, clogging these waterways and causing declines in fish and other species too. Degraded lands are also often less able to hold onto water, which can increase flooding too.

Contact our crew at Gravel Grading & Excavating to install ag tile, waterways, and detention
ponds to preserve your precious dirt.

Don’t let your Fall and Winter months get scary, contact our crew today so you don't become the next scary story we share with our followers!