"Jimk" wrote in message
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"Jim GM4 DHJ ..." Wrote in message:
On 27/07/2020 17:13, april showers wrote:
Can anyone explain to me in very simple terms what the new septic tank
regs are?

I have been looking on you tube and found a site which said all old
eptic tanks have to be replaced regardless of how they work.

Then someone said it was fake information. But I cannot find out whats
correct and what is not.

Have we all got to spend 15K replacing septic tanks, even when they work
perfectly? Really? Why?

how come when I eat a Herring I always think of septic tanks...?


Are they red?

Having recently bought a house with a septic tank, I looked into this. As
far as I can tell, existing septic tanks can continue being used until
further notice, but a new installation (and maybe a replacement for a failed
septic tank) has to be a mini sewage works - at great cost, and making a
constant loud hum from the motor that stirs the contents.

Since our septic tank is under the patio where we sit in the sun, we
wouldn't want a loud hum all the time. We'd have to find a site elsewhere in
the garden where the noise was less obtrusive, but which was still easy for
the poo-sucking wagon to empty the tank periodically.