On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:23:01 -0800 (PST), George Miles
wrote:

Yes, new regulations to stop people discharging sewage into watercourses, g=
ot to be done by January 2020 or else =C2=A330,000 fine and 3 months prison=
maximum sentence. And you're not allowed to sell your house until its fixe=
d.

http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=3D103

"Duties
If you own a cesspool or septic tank, you are required under the law to:
Ensure that such systems are watertight and to take steps to avoid leaka=
ge or overflow that may cause groundwater contamination. Under the Public H=
ealth Act, it is an offence to allow a cesspool or septic tank to leak or o=
verflow. Your local authority can initiate a criminal action against you if=
a leak or overflow occurs from your system. In addition, if this results i=
n pollution of a watercourse or river, the Environment Agency may also pros=
ecute. The penalty is three months imprisonment or a fine of up to =C2=A330=
,000."

I'm just checking that all bathwater must go into septic tanks now?

Mine goes into rain water system, so will have to change it somehow methink=
s, unless anyone can prove its OK as it is.

[george]

That's why we have governments and laws, to stop our neighbours ****ting in=
our watercourses, isnt it?


AFAIA the (shared) septic tank operation is for water to traverse via
a 200m long pipe to a pond in the middle of a farmer's field (said
farmer was responsible for installing the system in the '50s).

The pond is home to ducks. The farmer originally had cattle in the
field - god only knows where their **** ended up! He now grows rape
seed or wheat.

The pond isn't that far away from the village sewage works for the
handful of more modern (ie c20th) properties. An obvious solution to
me was to extend the pipe to the sewage but Severn Trent wouldn't have
it. They would only take untreated sewage.

So is this septic tank really a danger to the environment? I've not
had the need to be that interested.


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AnthonyL