CSRD’s ONSITE SEPTIC SYSTEM HOMEOWNERS GUIDE
Source Control
Here are some natural alternative
cleaners that are septic safe.
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Drain Cleaner
1⁄2 cup baking soda
1⁄2 cup white vinegar
2 litres boiling water
Pour baking soda down the drain, followed
by white vinegar. Cover and let stand for 15
minutes. Flush with boiling water. If this is
done weekly, greases that may have built
up will melt. Note: Do NOT use on ceramic
toilets, as the boiling water may crack them.
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ar
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up v litre
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⁄2
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p to
1 cu rm water
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of w
Hand Cle
g Solu
tion
baking
soda
1 part
s
1 part alt
water
Mix eq
u
salt. A al parts bak
dd e
ing
a paste nough wate soda and
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; apply
du
scourin
and sc
rub wit ce
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parts o Alternatively h a
f vineg
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Borax
and le ar and salt o
mon ju
r
ice.
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Septic Smart Cleaning Ingredients:
Baking soda
Borax
Windo
w Cle
Vinegar
aner
1 part
white
Baby oil
v
in
eg
1 part
water ar
Pure soap flakes
Mix in
gredie
togeth
nts
Phosphate free dish soap
er
windo and spay o
nto
w
s or
Salt
Wipe
off wit mirrors.
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a clot
Lemon juice
h.
Washing soda
To get p
ain
your han t or grease off
ds rub w
ith baby
oil, wipe
dry and
wash.
Laundry detergent
1 cup pure soap flakes or
pure soap powder
3 tbsp washing soda
Tub / Til
e
Clean
er
Mix 1⁄4
cup ba
king
soda an
d1
white v ⁄2 cup
inegar
alt Blea
ern ch
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1⁄2
ve:
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Toilet Bowl Cleaner
2 tbs baking soda
Lemon juice
Sprinkle a few
tablespoons of baking
soda and scrub with a
brush. Add a few drops
of lemon for freshness.
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ane
Oven cle
Kitchen cleaner
1⁄4 tsp of dish soap
White vinegar
Mix in a spray bottle.
ing soda
oons bak
4 tablesp
w
rm ater.
1 litre wa
egar
v
p
½ cu in e
ic
ju
Lemon
da in
baking so
Dissolve
d lemon
n
a
r
a
g
e
d vin
.
water. Ad
ut grease
juice to c
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