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The decentralized wastewater process works when raw wastes travel from the house to a tank where solid wastes are trapped. The tank disperses the remaining liquid waste into a main collection pipe rather than into the soil, as would happen with a conventional septic system. In the collection pipe, the liquid joins wastewater from other houses and flows to a treatment area, located aboveground. Finally, from the treatment area, the wastewater typically travels to a soil based disposal system underground.

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