older systems better than new systems?

[jack darling]

with regards to the Answer Man in The Pumper-My forty plus years of experience indicates that the older septic systems using crushed stone for the drainage medium work better and longer than the new systems approved in many states being used under the same conditions with similiar usage and soil conditions. The systems are also less prone to be damaged when covering. They are easier to remedy problems with.I live in MA. where they approve gluing bridges together-that does not mean no one has been killed when the glue let go. States are using homeowners installing septic systems for experiments that the state does not have to pay for. Show me a set of plans or a certificate of compliance that does not say"NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK PROPERLY AS DESIGNED"and maybe I'll change my mind.