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How do they evaporate into the air? https://www.epa.gov/septic/types-septic-systems "conventional system" is the one I know most common, and I've never seen an evapotranspiration system.

Ah:

>Evapotranspiration systems are only useful in specific environmental conditions. The climate must be arid and have adequate heat and sunlight. These systems work well in shallow soil; however, they are at risk of failure if it rains or snows too much.

So it's a desert thing, I am not in a desert.



I am in the desert, and still haven't heard of this. Everyone out near me has a leach field.


That is what the Leach field does.




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