I began my photographic dabbling while living in a house with a septic system,
and, like Chuck, never had a problem. From a practical standpoint, I doubt
occasional and moderate use of a darkroom would be a real problem. Thinking
back, over the four or five years I used this darkroom in the country, I would
guess I processed maybe 200 rolls of B&W, 20 rolls of Ektachrome, and made
probably the equivalent of 500 8x10 B&W prints. All the chemicals went into the
septic system, which was still working just fine when the house burned to the
ground a few years later, which I doubt had anything to do with the chemicals
that may have soaked into the back yard. Of course, there may be three-eyed,
seven-legged, 20-pound newts living in the ground just waiting to emerge to
ravage mankind, but that wouldn't be my fault, 'cause I didn't know any better
at the time, which is always a good defense for just about anything.
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> In the late 70's and early 80's I had a house with septic system and 160
> foot deep well and my darkroom chemicals simply went into the septic
> tank. Guess I was environmetally naive at the time but I really didn't
> do much processing at home. Never had any kind of problem that I was
> aware of. I lived there over a 10 year period but the darkroom was
> probably only ever used during the first 5 years and then not very much.
>
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