[geeks] argh

[Amy]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> what do you do with the DE that gets pushed out from backwashing?  do you need
> to pull your filter tank apart and clean DE gunk outta the screen-fins thing
> that holds the DE in place?

we divert it to the backyard. basically it just piles up and creates its
own little delta. but bear in mind we only have to backwash maybe once
every six months...and thats because we feel we *have* to do SOMETHING....