Reed bed sewage treatment

Big debate on whether these are legal or not. My authority will not allow
them no matter how much you plead with them despite the huge amounts of
cow-****e the reeds in our fields deal with.
Also septic tanks are discourage and they want Klaristers (sp?) installed.

The responsibility of the Environment Agency rather than the planners
surely? Any consent for a new septic tank is now for a maximum of ten years.
Subterranean treatment plants that produce a much lower level of pollutants
are becoming the norm.