Septic tanks affected in SWFL after Hurricane Ian

Reporter: Rodaris Richardson Writer: Paul Dolan
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Septic tanks are all over our community, and many WINK News viewers may have a septic tank at their homes and not even realize it.

And because they’re underground, if they get damaged, it could dramatically affect the water quality in Southwest Florida.

WINK News spoke with the Southwest Environmental Septic Service, who said, “Everything that goes in your body and goes out goes into their tank with this tube you see wrapped around the truck.”

It’s been a busy month for the people employed to keep septic tanks working properly since Hurricane Ian.

The Septic professionals. CREDIT: WINK News

Dustin Snyder is a truck driver for SW Environmental and shared some thoughts about how the process is going.

“Every day, I’m out there firsthand dealing with the septic issues going on,” Snyder said. “Over the last month or so there’s millions of dollars worth of damage to the sewer systems to the septic systems, you know, residential locations and commercial buildings.”

Snyder said the demand is so high they’re servicing about 15 people daily. That is more than double the number they were seeing daily before Ian.

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