I need to explain something nearly all septic companies won't: there are two types of people in this life. Those who believe septic systems are merely "subterranean tanks for waste," and those who've had raw sewage gurgling into their backyard at 2 AM. I discovered this difference the hard way in 2005—standing in mud, shivering in a Washington deluge, as my siblings and I assisted a veteran installer fix our family's failed system. I was fourteen. My hands blistered. My clothes were ruined. But that evening, something changed: This isn't just manual labor. It's people's lives we are protecting. Let me share the dirty truth: most septic companies just pump tanks. They're like temporary salesmen at a demolition convention. But Septic Solutions? They are different. It all began back in the beginning of the 2000s when Art and his family—just kids barely tall enough to lift a shovel—helped install their family's septic system alongside a grizzled pro. Picture this: three kids knee-deep in Pennsylvania clay, learning how soil porosity affects drainage while their friends played Xbox. "We didn't just dig holes," Art shared with me last winter, warm coffee cup in hand. "We understood how earth whispers secrets. A patch of wetland vegetation here? That's Mother Nature screaming 'high water table.'" https://groups.google.com/g/cwinpink/c/iNFNeQXnPBg