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	Name:	lakeplumber -
	Subject:	Septic Tank
	Date:	3/3/2010 2:49:40 PM

If there is a pump in the DWV system then you are talking about sewer ejector. And as one poster on here has pointed out, if the holding tank is full, then you do have not a functioning pump. If you house is downhill from the distribution system (septic system or public sewer), you'll know quickly that it is a non functioning pump.

I'd verify that by physically looking into the tank. If the tank level is near empty but the alarm still goes off, it is a sensor problem (float switch).

Traditional septic systems are installed in places typical for gravity drainage. his consists of a 1000 gal (depending on number of bed rooms) underground tank that has a field distribution line(s). These normally do not have an alarm (and the tank on these are always full; thisallows for the biological breakdown of solids).