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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm glad you brought this up. I've always wondered about this. I noticed a number of homes in Potomac are septic or well water. What additional hassle does this create for the owners, and are there plans for them to be connected to the city water system. Thanks in advance for any insights.[/quote]

We lived with well and septic. Do you have heating oil instead of gas too? There are pros and cons to well and septic. Most of the areas in Potomac are developed enough now to offer the option to hook up to city water, sewer and gas. People usually don't bother to change over the water and septic to city services until one of their systems is on its last legs or fails. Well and septic is much cheaper -the expense is in the installation and replacement.

For septic - its important to watch what you put down the drains. Avoid corrosive chemicals, lots of bleach, and lots of food down the garbage disposal. We're all used to scraping our plates into the trash rather than just showing it down the garbage disposal so its not a big deal. If you do put the wrong stuff down the drain, it can effect your drainage field.

Pros

- cleaner water and no water bill, no guilt for long showers, watering the lawn or adding water to the pool!
- you control the maintenance - we had a friend on city sewer where the sewer line flooded into their basement from blocked drains/pipes beyond their control

Cons

-you need to maintain it and if you don't it can expensive to repair
-if you lose power you'll lose water so make sure you have a generator and the well pump is connected to it
- if you want fluoride in your water, you need to purchase bottle water[/quote]

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