planting over septic/leach field

[TimG]

Does anyone know if it's alright to put a thin layer of stone over my septic tank?  Not the leech lines, but the tank.  It's a concrete tank.  It's on our side yard, with a raised bed above it that used to have sod, and it just looks ugly now, but I don't want to bother trying to keep grass alive there.  So I was thinking of covering it with white loose stone.  Would that be a bad idea? 

[in my dreams]

That's not going to cause a problem. Go for it!

[tcaarabians]

My septic is in my driveway with a layer of dg rocks over it. It isn't raised.. its down in the ground. Despite my truck driving over it..  no problemo. And,the leach lines are in the same place with the dg over them.  The truck drives over them too. cheryl o7o

[TimG]

Thanks!  My worry was the weight, but whatever stone I use going to be lighter than the two feet of granite that's already on top of it ...

[tcaarabians]

Go find the thread here at the forum about "planting over a septic." There were some great and informative links there. But, hey
I've lived here since 01 and my truck has made many trips over it and no problem. cheryl o7o

[Wrightwood]

The topics have been merged

[TimG]

Thanks, I'd read this whole thread before, and it was very informative, just wasn't sure if it was a similar enough question. 

[TimG]

Oh I came across this while trying to look up about how much weight I could put over the tank -- and I didn't see anyone mention it in this thread:

Apparently it's dangerous to plant edibles over the leach field because of the risk of bacterial contamination.  Here's a link talking about it:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401184/Is-it-Dangerous-to-Plant-on-a-Septic-Field.html

Probably already came up and I missed it, but just in case.