We live far enough out of town that we have a well and septic system. We built an outdoor kitchen in the back yard and the septic is in front. This caused us to have to run the drain for the kitchen sink out the back side of the property off the side of the hill. We don't want to erode the side of the hill away especially with the newer problem that has just arose. Living so far out of town our water softener just dumps out next to the kitchen. With our tough soil it has begun to puddle worse over the years. We would like to figure out a way to slope the dirt and make it drain into the pipe we used for the outdoor kitchen sink. Once we set that up we are afraid the erosion will get worse down the hill for the drain. What is the best way to slow or stop this erosion so that we can preserve some of the hillside?

I know this was probably too much info, but thank you for taking the time to read this. Any suggestions on the puddle draining would also be greatly appreciated.

In your situation, I would suggest a 'dry well' where you dispose both discharges to a leach bed rather than the surface.

*&%) it, why didn't I think of that, haha. Thank you for your help.



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Place a smaller septic tank in the back tied to the main running to the front then run a line from it to the needed area to drain the grey water

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