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OWS-0011335 viewsPhoto Date: 12-9-2004
Photo Credit: Ginger Harrington, Hendricks County Health Department
Description: The septic system was not functioning so the homeowner cut the effulent line and routed it so that the sewage went out of the tank and down the hill. I love sewage in the snow!
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OWS-0012323 viewsPhoto Date: 4-8-03
Photo Credit: Ginger Harrington, Hendricks County Health Department
Description: There was a small septic tank on this property which connected to a file tile. The field tile had been damaged and the sewage was now discharging across the pasture.
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OWS-0001322 viewsPhoto Date: 9/21/2012
Photo Credit: Jason Ravenscroft
Description: Septic tank with riser that was not waterproof on a commercial property. Property owner had pump set up to discharge septic tank to surface water when full.
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OWS-0024a319 viewsPhoto Date: March 2, 2018
Photo Credit: Brad Rode
Description: Dosing tank pushed out of ground by high water table

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OWS-0002316 viewsPhoto Date: 8/15/2008
Photo Credit: Jason Ravenscroft
Description: Discharge to drainage ditch from gutter downspouts. Homeowner ran the piping through the septic absorption field and the discharge from the downspouts was picking up septic effluent resulting in a high E.coli count in the drainage water.
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OWS-0015312 viewsPhoto Date: May 2017
Photo Credit: Ken Johnston
Description: Failed septic with toy trucks

*2017 Photo Contest Winner for Wastewater category
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OWS-0004304 viewsPhoto Date: 7/18/2014
Photo Credit: Jason Ravenscroft
Description: Installation of a new chamber system.
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OWS-0003301 viewsPhoto Date: 5/6/2011
Photo Credit: Jason Ravenscroft
Description: Sewage ponding over the septic field of a residential onsite system.
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OWS-0020301 viewsPhoto Date: 4/4/17
Photo Credit: Karl M Glaze
Description: This is a picture of a possible outhouse on a tree stump.
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OWS-0007295 viewsPhoto Date: 6/25/2008
Photo Credit: Patty Nocek
Description: Failed septic.
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OWS-0019290 viewsPhoto Date: August 2011
Photo Credit: Jennifer Rugenstein
Description: Church had a pole placed that happened to go right into their septic line.
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OWS-0021285 viewsPhoto Date: 6/19/14
Photo Credit: Karl M Glaze
Description: This is a picture of a mid-seam that failed to seal on a mid-seamed septic tank.
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