A maintenance record for a septic system. You log what your service provider did and the sludge and scum levels they measured; Septic Log checks the numbers for things that cannot be true and tells you when the next inspection and pump-out are due, using the intervals the US EPA publishes.
This is a real record with three events, already checked. Look at the numbers and the printed record:
Open the demo record → · the A4 record
| What you entered | What it says |
|---|---|
| Sludge 30 in + scum 20 in in a 40 in tank | impossible - two layers cannot be deeper than the tank |
| Top of the sludge layer 11 in from the outlet | flagged - under the 12 in the EPA names as a pump-out trigger |
| Solids 31% of the liquid depth | flagged - over the 25% the EPA names as a pump-out trigger |
| An inspection dated next year | rejected - a visit cannot be logged before it happens |
| Two pump-outs 40 days apart | flagged - the EPA range is three to five years; likely a duplicate |
| Last inspection 4 years ago | flagged - the EPA says inspect at least every three years |
It will not tell you whether your system is compliant with any local, state or federal code - only the authority with jurisdiction can do that. It does not measure anything: the sludge and scum levels are the numbers your provider reports. There is no AI judging anything here. It is dates and arithmetic, and the intervals come from the one page quoted on every result.
Recommended next step. An email address is all it takes. The same key keeps working if you ever move to a paid plan.
Checking a record is free and anonymous (3/day). The free key keeps working month after month. If you ever reach its monthly limit, the API says so and links to the options - nothing is charged without you.
Straight from the EPA page on caring for a septic system - the same page for everyone, quoted verbatim in the machine-readable description and on every result:
Source: https://www.epa.gov/septic/how-care-your-septic-system (read 2026-09-29).
