For those of you with water softeners and septic tanks, what is your softener discharge method?


Sump pit, floor drain leading to septic tank, or some other method?

Our house was built in 1991, we are original owners.

For years, I ran the water softener line to the floor drain/septic. Then I read somewhere that was a bad idea.

For the last 15 years or so, I’ve ran the line to the sump pit (winter), or through the basement foundation into outside buried drain tile (non winter).

But this causes the sump pump to wear and rust prematurely, so I’m thinking of going back to the drain/septic.

This article seems to indicate it’s OK to discharge into septic.

What do you do?

https://www.water-rightgroup.com/resources/septic-system-water-softener/