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?

We have to replace our septic tank because the drainfield is clogged and its discharging dirty water into a farmer's ditch.

Else £30,000 fine is possible.

But its shared and the neighbours wont agree on anything

[g]

On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:14:03 PM UTC+1, 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?

april showers Wrote in message:
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?


Google "septic tank regulations"

Just reading the first 1/2 dozen link synopses should give you the
general idea....
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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...?

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?

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.


--
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all government is basically a self-legalising protection racket, is
fully understood.

The Natural Philosopher 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?

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.



& discharge to water courses?....
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

On 27/07/2020 18:06, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

I think you can, actually.


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conspirators see right wing conspiracies everywhere"

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

I think you can, actually.

ok, if it doesn't comply, you can only sell it if the buyer agrees they
will be responsible for making it comply ...

The Natural Philosopher Wrote in message:
On 27/07/2020 18:06, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

I think you can, actually.



With an allowance for doing the work knocked off the price by any
half astute conveyancer.....
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On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:51:20 PM UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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?

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.


I am not selling my house. I have no thoughts of same.

I am not replacing the tank at all, as I said it works.

I do not discharge into a ditch or a water course in anyones field or anywhere else. The drainage field runs across my own garden and leaches out . No water course anywhere.

So, the You tube stuff doesnt apply then?

On 27/07/2020 17:25, Jimk wrote:
april showers Wrote in message:
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?


Google "septic tank regulations"

Just reading the first 1/2 dozen link synopses should give you the
general idea....


Rules are different in Devon to the rest of the UK.

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ARW Wrote in message:
On 27/07/2020 17:25, Jimk wrote:
april showers Wrote in message:
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?


Google "septic tank regulations"

Just reading the first 1/2 dozen link synopses should give you the
general idea....


Rules are different in Devon to the rest of the UK.


especially for watercourses with bridges over them I hear....
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the 2015 regs are retrospective int he sense that if your tanks dont meet modern regs (like ours which discharges dirty water into a ditch) then you have to get it sorted.

A similar retrospective law
was the anti smog laws
where londoners were told they couldnt burn coal any more

and the EU anti pollution laws which finally cleared sewage from British Beaches

[g]

On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:51:20 PM UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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?

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.


--
All political activity makes complete sense once the proposition that
all government is basically a self-legalising protection racket, is
fully understood.

On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 6:06:59 PM UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

Indeed we cant sell our properties until the septic discharge into the ditch is solved.

Maybe by auction?

[g]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:58:50 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Jimk wrote:

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost
always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building
reg has
EVER been retrospective.

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

I think you can, actually.

With an allowance for doing the work knocked off the price by any
half astute conveyancer.....

Rejected by the seller as there is no legal requirment for anything
to be changed. Mortgage company might try an insist but that is the
buyers problem not the sellers.

ISTR that the requirement for a active system only applies if the out
fall is into a water course, even for new/replacement systems. A
drainage field is not a water course.

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"Dave Liquorice" Wrote in message:
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:58:50 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Jimk wrote:

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost
always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building
reg has
EVER been retrospective.

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

I think you can, actually.

With an allowance for doing the work knocked off the price by any
half astute conveyancer.....

Rejected by the seller as there is no legal requirment for anything
to be changed. Mortgage company might try an insist but that is the
buyers problem not the sellers.

ISTR that the requirement for a active system only applies if the out
fall is into a water course, even for new/replacement systems. A
drainage field is not a water course.


What I said?
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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?
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"Jimk" wrote in message
o.uk...
"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.

On 27/07/2020 21:24, NY wrote:
a mini sewage works - at great cost, and making a constant loud hum from
the motor that stirs the contents.

A mini sewage works, at about £8000 and almost completely noiseless but
impossible to fit under a patio


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"NY" Wrote in message:
"Jimk" wrote in message
o.uk...
"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,

Cesspit then? Not a septic tank then ?
Unless it has multiple chambers & an outflow to "somewhere"?


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On 27/07/2020 21:24, NY wrote:
"Jimk" wrote in message
o.uk...
"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 theÂ* 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?Â* 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.
Klargester shares will rise...

On 27/07/2020 21:11, Jimk wrote:
"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?

no

"Jimk" wrote in message
news
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,

Cesspit then? Not a septic tank then ?
Unless it has multiple chambers & an outflow to "somewhere"?

Yes, a septic tank. I presume it has multiple chambers. It discharges to a
soakaway under the lawn. That's what the vendors said, and the grass in that
bit of the lawn does grow a little bit quicker, though that might also be
cause the ground is lower there so closer to the level of the surface water
in the ground.

How often does a septic tank need to be emptied of solids which don't fully
rot down, even though the majority of the liquid is discharged (after
processing) into a soakaway?

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
On 27/07/2020 21:24, NY wrote:
a mini sewage works - at great cost, and making a constant loud hum from
the motor that stirs the contents.

A mini sewage works, at about £8000 and almost completely noiseless but
impossible to fit under a patio

The only person I know who has a mini sewage works is someone that I
sometimes deliver the local parish magazine to, and the hum of his sewage
works is audible from about 100 yards away - he's got it positioned as far
as possible from his house to minimise the noise that he can hear from the
house or garden. It's about the same noise at 100 yards as standing right
next to a noisy fridge. Maybe his sewage works is an early model and more
noisy that modern ones.

On 28/07/2020 12:08, NY wrote:
"Jimk" wrote in message
news
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,

Cesspit then? Not a septic tank then ?
Unless it has multiple chambers & an outflow to "somewhere"?

Yes, a septic tank. I presume it has multiple chambers. It discharges to
a soakaway under the lawn. That's what the vendors said, and the grass
in that bit of the lawn does grow a little bit quicker, though that
might also be cause the ground is lower there so closer to the level of
the surface water in the ground.

How often does a septic tank need to be emptied of solids which don't
fully rot down, even though the majority of the liquid is discharged
(after processing) into a soakaway?

Depends how much **** and how many sanitary towels you put in..

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....than to have answers that cannot be questioned

Richard Feynman

On 28/07/2020 12:12, NY wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
On 27/07/2020 21:24, NY wrote:
a mini sewage works - at great cost, and making a constant loud hum
from the motor that stirs the contents.

A mini sewage works, at about £8000 and almost completely noiseless
but impossible to fit under a patio

The only person I know who has a mini sewage works is someone that I
sometimes deliver the local parish magazine to, and the hum of his
sewage works is audible from about 100 yards away - he's got it
positioned as far as possible from his house to minimise the noise that
he can hear from the house or garden. It's about the same noise at 100
yards as standing right next to a noisy fridge. Maybe his sewage works
is an early model and more noisy that modern ones.


Well round here they are as common as muck and the only one I have heard
operating is mine when I lift the lid.

Mine is around 19 years old.


--
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....than to have answers that cannot be questioned

Richard Feynman

On 28/07/2020 08:49, Jim GM4 DHJ ... wrote:
On 27/07/2020 21:24, NY wrote:
"Jimk" wrote in message
o.uk...
"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 theÂ* 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?Â* 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.
Klargester shares will rise...

Not as fast as Klargesters will rise if the water table is very high
and they aren't held down with a big lump of concrete :-)

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
How often does a septic tank need to be emptied of solids which don't
fully rot down, even though the majority of the liquid is discharged
(after processing) into a soakaway?

Depends how much **** and how many sanitary towels you put in..

OK. Two adults. No sanitary towels etc - indeed we are careful to abide by
the "if it's not gone through you, don't put it down the loo" rule, as well
as only using washing up liquid, toilet cleaner and dishwasher tablets which
say they are dishwasher-safe.


Where we lived before, several houses shared a common drain to the sewer in
the road. It was always getting blocked - luckily a fair way downstream of
us so the manhole that became full (or overflowed) was in someone else's
garden. The guys from Yorkshire Water found a huge blockage of tampons. My
wife doesn't use them, and the two other couples on the same drain are
elderly so well beyond needing them. But one of the other couples had their
teenage grand-daughter to stay from time to time... To avoid singling anyone
out, Yorkshire Water sent the same letter to us all, saying "don't put
tampons down the loo" but we all knew who it was intended for ;-)

On 27/07/2020 19:49, George Miles wrote:
On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 6:06:59 PM UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.

I think you can't sell the property until it complies.

Indeed we cant sell our properties until the septic discharge into the ditch is solved.

Maybe by auction?

[g]


How many times can the £30,000 fine be levied ?.

"NY" Wrote in message:
"Jimk" wrote in message
news
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,

Cesspit then? Not a septic tank then ?
Unless it has multiple chambers & an outflow to "somewhere"?

Yes, a septic tank. I presume it has multiple chambers.

Aren't there any lids /manholes?


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On 27/07/2020 19:28, april showers wrote:
On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:51:20 PM UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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?

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.


I am not selling my house. I have no thoughts of same.

I am not replacing the tank at all, as I said it works.

I do not discharge into a ditch or a water course in anyones field or anywhere else. The drainage field runs across my own garden and leaches out . No water course anywhere.

leaches out where ?, and after a winter like the last one, most water
ends up in a water course somewhere.

So, the You tube stuff doesnt apply then?

On 28/07/2020 12:35, Andrew wrote:
On 28/07/2020 08:49, Jim GM4 DHJ ... wrote:
On 27/07/2020 21:24, NY wrote:
"Jimk" wrote in message
o.uk...
"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 theÂ* 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?Â* 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.
Klargester shares will rise...

Not as fast as Klargesters will rise if the water table is very high
and they aren't held down with a big lump of concrete :-)
very true...tee hee

On 27/07/2020 19:47, George Miles wrote:
the 2015 regs are retrospective int he sense that if your tanks dont meet modern regs (like ours which discharges dirty water into a ditch) then you have to get it sorted.

A similar retrospective law
was the anti smog laws
where londoners were told they couldnt burn coal any more

and the EU anti pollution laws which finally cleared sewage from British Beaches

And Part 17/18 electrics that are needed if you want to let the
property.

[g]

On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:51:20 PM UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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?

You need to have a tank meeting modern regs which is almost always an
active bio-stirrer one IF YOU REPLACE A TANK. But no building reg has
EVER been retrospective.


--
All political activity makes complete sense once the proposition that
all government is basically a self-legalising protection racket, is
fully understood.

On 28/07/2020 12:37, NY wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
How often does a septic tank need to be emptied of solids which don't
fully rot down, even though the majority of the liquid is discharged
(after processing) into a soakaway?

Depends how much **** and how manyÂ* sanitary towels you put in..

OK. Two adults. No sanitary towels etc - indeed we are careful to abide
by the "if it's not gone through you, don't put it down the loo" rule,
as well as only using washing up liquid, toilet cleaner and dishwasher
tablets which say they are dishwasher-safe.


Where we lived before, several houses shared a common drain to the sewer
in the road. It was always getting blocked - luckily a fair way
downstream of us so the manhole that became full (or overflowed) was in
someone else's garden. The guys from Yorkshire Water found a huge
blockage of tampons. My wife doesn't use them, and the two other couples
on the same drain are elderly so well beyond needing them. But one of
the other couples had their teenage grand-daughter to stay from time to
time... To avoid singling anyone out, Yorkshire Water sent the same
letter to us all, saying "don't put tampons down the loo" but we all
knew who it was intended for ;-)

All ages are using wet-wipes though, and 'older' people are more
likely to pour fat and grease from cooking down the drain.

"april showers" wrote in message
...
Can anyone explain to me in very simple terms what the new septic tank
regs are?

"if you have a specific septic tank that discharges to surface water... "

"you are required to upgrade or replace your septic tank treatment system to
a full sewage treatment plant by 2020, "

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?

"if you have a specific septic tank that discharges to surface water... "

because someone in power said so

so...how far does a septic tank have to be from a dwelling and how far
from a public sewer do you have to be these days to be allowed a septic
tank..?

On 28/07/2020 12:37, NY wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
How often does a septic tank need to be emptied of solids which don't
fully rot down, even though the majority of the liquid is discharged
(after processing) into a soakaway?

Depends how much **** and how manyÂ* sanitary towels you put in..

OK. Two adults. No sanitary towels etc - indeed we are careful to abide
by the "if it's not gone through you, don't put it down the loo" rule,
as well as only using washing up liquid, toilet cleaner and dishwasher
tablets which say they are dishwasher-safe.

should get about ten years out of that

Mine only got emptied because :
(a) a toad hibernated in the outflow causing a flood which blew the
motor and
(b) the belt snapped after 15 years

In both cases access was required deep and the engineer didn't want to
wade in ****

In neither case was it brimful of solids

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atrocities.€�

€• Voltaire, Questions sur les Miracles Ã* M. Claparede, Professeur de
Théologie Ã* Genève, par un Proposant: Ou Extrait de Diverses Lettres de
M. de Voltaire

On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:12:49 +0100, NY wrote:

It's about the same noise at 100 yards as standing right next to a noisy
fridge. Maybe his sewage works is an early model and more noisy that
modern ones.

The latter. The active systems I've encountered have had noise levels
about that of a fridge when right next to them not 100 yds away.

They are more than just a motorised stirrer, there is a compressor to
bubble air through the contents as well.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 28/07/2020 14:16, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:12:49 +0100, NY wrote:

It's about the same noise at 100 yards as standing right next to a noisy
fridge. Maybe his sewage works is an early model and more noisy that
modern ones.

The latter. The active systems I've encountered have had noise levels
about that of a fridge when right next to them not 100 yds away.

They are more than just a motorised stirrer, there is a compressor to
bubble air through the contents as well.

Not in mine there isn't

Nor most similar in the neighbourhood.

They just carry air pockets under the surface and let them bubble up

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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as
foolish, and by the rulers as useful.

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