OWS-0012213 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.
OWS-0024a209 viewsPhoto Date: March 2, 2018
Photo Credit: Brad Rode
Description: Dosing tank pushed out of ground by high water table
OWS-0001207 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.
OWS-0004207 viewsPhoto Date: 7/18/2014
Photo Credit: Jason Ravenscroft
Description: Installation of a new chamber system.
OWS-0005207 viewsPhoto Date: 7/18/2014
Photo Credit: Jason Ravenscroft
Description: New distribution box for a residential onsite system.
OWS-0003206 viewsPhoto Date: 5/6/2011
Photo Credit: Jason Ravenscroft
Description: Sewage ponding over the septic field of a residential onsite system.
OWS-0002202 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.
OWS-0015194 viewsPhoto Date: May 2017
Photo Credit: Ken Johnston
Description: Failed septic with toy trucks
*2017 Photo Contest Winner for Wastewater category
OWS-0020185 viewsPhoto Date: 4/4/17
Photo Credit: Karl M Glaze
Description: This is a picture of a possible outhouse on a tree stump.
OWS-0021182 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.
OWS-0014178 viewsPhoto Date: August 2012
Photo Credit: Jennifer Rugenstein
Description: One of our Brown County camps required a new wastewater system, so a massive eight bed Presby wastewater system was installed. This is one of the eight Presby beds where the pipes were installed and the sand had been added to cover them.