Sewers, cesspools, rivers, oceans, and/or evaporation.

The first septic systems were built in the 1900s. They were created in order to minimize sicknesses brought upon by cesspools and bacteria- and sewage-infested water.

The Romans had the cloaca maxima, a giant sewer into which all pipes and cesspools drained. The cloaca itself emptied into the Tiber river and the waste was swept out to sea.

Septic Systems have been installed since the late 1800's replacing the old outside facility known as the outhouse. A septic system is a mini onsite sewage treatment system used when municipal sewers are not available. Depending on the age of your home, septic Systems on Long Island usually consist of a primary receiver (septic tank) and a drainage area (cesspool or drainage field). Homes constructed after 1973, will have a septic tank as the primary receiver while homes built prior to 1973 will have a cesspool as the primary receiver. (All homeowners residing in homes built prior to 1973 be sure to read the article on block construction cesspools on the home page) If properly installed and maintained on a regular basis, your septic system will provide many years of trouble free service.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern CES-P----. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter C and 2nd letter E and 3rd letter S and 5th letter P. In alphabetical order, they are:

cesspools