The message
from "Peter Crosland" contains these words:

"This will hopefully serve as a warning to the owners of properties served
by cesspools to check that their cesspools do not have any discharge pipes,
holes or cracks which could discharge untreated sewage to the environment."

So where does that leave householders who have ancient septic tanks that
were installed under a laxer (or indeed non existent) regime?

--
Roger Chapman