Clarksburg
From Health Hazard to Backyard Oasis
A failed mound system that consumed the entire backyard and created a public health hazard — completely resolved with a single Hoot H600 BNR tank and Geoflow drip dispersal.
Imagine your entire backyard taken over by a mound septic system. Now imagine that mound failing. These homeowners didn’t have to imagine it — they lived it.
After settling into their Clarksburg home near West Sacramento for just a few years, the mound system failed. The contaminated site wasn’t just an inconvenience. Yolo County Environmental Health inspected the property and immediately declared it a public health hazard, requiring action without delay.
- Complete removal of the failed mound system
- Full site remediation — scraped to bedrock
- Removal of all contaminated soil to a county-approved disposal site
- County inspection and sign-off before any new system could be installed
The remediation was extensive. The entire backyard was scraped to bedrock and every trace of contaminated soil was hauled away. Only after Yolo County Environmental Health approved the cleared site could the new system go in.
A new mound would have required another massive footprint in the backyard — and the site conditions that caused the first one to fail hadn’t changed. The Hoot H600 solved the problem permanently in a fraction of the space.
Once the site was cleared and approved, the team installed the Hoot H600 BNR Advanced Septic Treatment Tank — a self-contained, single-tank system that handles all wastewater treatment in one compact in-ground unit. The homeowners chose Hoot for three reasons:
- Space savings — one tank, one excavation, no mound
- Cost — less expensive than competing advanced systems
- Speed — days to install, not weeks
For dispersal, Geoflow Wastewater Drip Tubing was installed just 8 inches below grade. Because the Hoot’s effluent quality is so high, the treated water can help irrigate the landscaping — adding real value to the property while solving the wastewater problem.
The health hazard was eliminated. The contaminated soil was gone. The mound was gone. And the family finally had their backyard back — for the first time since moving in. Superior On-Site Solutions provides ongoing O&M service for the life of the system.
Treatment Performance That Solves the Problem Permanently
High-efficiency aerobic treatment protects Yolo County groundwater and meets the county’s strict post-remediation discharge standards.
Clear, odorless effluent dispersed underground through Geoflow drip tubing — invisible at the surface and safe for irrigation.
When Yolo County declares a public health hazard, there’s no time for trial and error. The Hoot H600 BNR is California-tested, county-approved, and engineered for the toughest residential wastewater situations — including failed mound replacements with strict remediation requirements.
From Failed Mound to Restored Backyard
Why Mound Failures Are Different — and Why Hoot Solves Them
A failed mound isn’t a routine repair. The contamination triggers county action, the original site conditions haven’t changed, and a “like-for-like” replacement just sets up the next failure. Every Yolo County mound failure we’ve handled has been resolved permanently with a Hoot system — because instead of reusing the conditions that caused the failure, we replace the entire approach.
If you’re staring down a failed mound — whether the county is involved yet or not — call us at 916-436-8457. We’ve worked through the Yolo County remediation process before and we know what it takes to get back to a permitted, working system as quickly as possible.
Failing Mound? Health Department Notice?
Don’t wait for a small problem to become a public health hazard. Call us before things escalate — or after, if you’re already there. We’ve handled both.