Can you have a leach field without a septic tank?

Question

I have been told that we have a leach field but not a septic tank. Is this possible? We live in a very rural area on 20 acres.

Answer 1

While this is possible, I highly doubt it unless it is such a large system it does not get plugged and there is much fluid running through it.  A septic tank's job is to process biologically, the solids, their particulates breaking down each other into a thin effluent that will run into the leach bed with urine and water and leach into the soil.   If you don't have a septic tank the brown trout would probably eventually plug up the leach piping.

Some have large tanks that leach under them...old type.... newer systems vent to the air outside, that I know of.