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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:34 PM, <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> This thing was custom poured, not prefab, probably when
> the house was built. The opening is roughly a 3 foot
> square lid about two feet away from the house and about
> six feet from the kitchen door. It's at least six feet
> deep, maybe a 10 foot square. The wall away from the house
> is perpendicular to the ground, but the wall opposite it
> slopes to somewhere under the house. The field line that
> once drained it's former function was clay pipe that
> collapsed (thus, the problem). As a container it appears
> relatively water tight (maybe good for a septic, not good
> for a cellar?). If it leaks, it is minimal as we tested
> our well when all this came to light and they told us
> there was not enough nitrogen in the sample to have been
> contaminated by the septic tank.

Do you like to eat fish?