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By Theo B. Terry, III, RSIs it possible that ithas been fifteen years sinceI started my onsitewastewater career? I canstill remember my first dayon the job. I had barelygotten out of my car in theHealth Department's parkinglot before a 'gentleman' metme. Figuring me for the newguy, he began telling me abouthis neighbor's 'effluent' runningover into his yard. He then'politely' asked me what Iintended to do about it.Truth be told, 'gentleman'is a stretch, 'effluent' wasn'tthe word he used and 'polite'is an out-and-out lie.Not knowing exactly what todo, we went to my office, gotcoffee and sat down to discussthe situation. I didn't know ifthis was something I wassupposed to handle, let alonehow to handle it, but I tookdown his information and toldhim I would call him back assoon as possible.My supervisor cheerfullyinformed me that effluentbeing where it's not supposedto be was indeed my problem,so the next day, Joey Purdom,a roving environmentalistwithin our district, came bythe office and off we went.We drove to the address inquestion, and sure enough,there was @#$% everywhere!(Sorry, I hadn't learned theterm "effluent" yet, either.)And so began my onsitetraining.I watched as Joey took along, metal rod out of theback of his truck, and beganpoking holes into the ground.Soon, he was telling me thathe'd found the septic tank,and some things called laterallines. He explained that itappeared the old drainfieldwas plugged, and would haveto be replaced. Problem was,the only area to move thelateral fields was uphill fromthe house, so he said a pumpwould have to be used. Hewas able to determine all thisinformation with one simplerock probe, and by simplylooking at the lay of the land.I learned so much that day,and in the days and weeksthat followed, that when acall came from the areahospital (the job I had reallywanted), I turned it down. Ihad found my niche--a careerwhere I could use my problemsolvingskills and learnsomething new every day.I learned there was nomagic in that metal rod butthat knowledge and skillTotal Liquid Depth 36”-43” 44”-47” 48”-51” 52”-55” 56”-63” 64”-67” 68”-71” 72”-75” 76”-79” 80”-83” 84”-87” 88”-9FPV-H34-A101 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓FPV-H36-2 ✓ ✓FPV-I36-2 ✓ ✓FPV-H44-2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓FPV-H50-2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓FPV-H56-2 ✓ ✓ ✓FPV-H62-2FPV-H68-2FPV-I40-SC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓FPV-H40-SC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓FPV-H48-SC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓FPV-H54-SC ✓ ✓FPV-H60-SCFPV-H66-SCFPV-H72-SC8