Dave you are close to right but there are actually more floating solids that build up in a tank. The baffles at the inlet and outlet keep the floating solids from floating on out to the field and plugging it up, because the water has to come up under the outlet baffle. The baffles go down about two feet. When I got mine pumped nine years after having it put in, the floating solids had accumulated to within two inches of the bottom of the baffles, so in another month or so I would have had floating solids going out into my field. Another problem was the way they used to secure baffles in the early concrete tanks with wire which would rust away and the baffle would drop to the bottom of the tank. That is why you don't just get it pumped but also check the baffles. I have replaced missing baffles with 4 inch PVC stuck into the outlet pipe and then goes into a Tee a few inches into the tank with a vertical pipe going down about two feet. Floating solids stay on top and water goes into the outlet two feet down.
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