Another form of plastic pipe is CPVC.

The bare copper one goes to another clamp on the other side of the meter; it's there so the plumbing in the house is still grounded, even if the meter is gone, or replaced by one with a plastic body.The yellow handle is a valve. 

After fixTo solve the issue, I ended up doing a french drain at the footing and waterproofed with special paint and plastic on the outside of the home.

There are many different ways to deal with this, before you have to have full blown basement surgery.

Perhaps they should read a medical book and perform surgery on themselves too.  

Some additional items you may need include: BatteriesExtension cordsLight bulbsCalculatorChairsCooler with drinksHand sanitizerPensReceipt book Sold tagsPaper or plastic bagsMake Sure All Items are in Good Condition Every item you're selling should be in good, usable condition.

Would you let a first year medical student perform heart surgery on a loved one?

This is more of a hard plastic mesh and might not lay down as easily as the truck is driving forward.

That included pumping out, visual inspection, verification of leach field, re-fill with clean water & replacing the cover with some stupid green plastic thing the county now requires & which could be taken off by any 8-year-old.

that was just two days before i was scheduled for preventive surgery.