On Apr 19, 11:48*am, Mike Romain wrote:
Merryb wrote:
Hi all!
*I usually don't post here, but I have a question. I have maintained a
great starter I began about 7 years ago. It's been in the fridge most
of the time, but every time I bring it out and baby it for a day or 2,
it's jumpin'! So, we recently moved into a house with a septic system.
I'm wondering what happens if starter gets in the septic tank. Do any
of you think it's doing anything in there? I know this may be a silly
question, and I don't dump it down the drain. Just thought I would
post this question to keep the group on topic instead of selling
shoes, watches, porn. Guess I could sell starter!! LOL! TIA!!
MerryB

Folks at cottages with septic systems that will be unused for a while
often pour yeast or buttermilk into the system to provide food for the
micro-organisms if nothing else while it isn't used.

Some folks think this will help lengthen the pump out times by keeping
the system active, but most studies I have seen don't think it helps on
always active systems. *It at least won't hurt any systems.

Here are a couple WWW links that mention it for the folks that don't
believe anything they read on Usenet:

http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/EMD/en...42791.tip.html

Mike (who has installed more than one septic system)

Thank you for your reply!