Clark County Public Health said Thursday that a company selling septic additives and calling residents is falsely claiming there is an alert about failing septic systems, and offering products to clean the systems, according to a Public Health press release.
Additives, which are commercial products, are sold under claims that they can improve performance or aesthetics of on-site sewer treatment systems.
“However, most additives do not have a positive effect on the operation of on-site systems and may, in fact, contaminate groundwater aquifers,” the press release states.
The Washington State Department of Health has a list of approved on-site septic system additives that don’t have adverse effects on water quality or public health.
