"John" wrote in message
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And by so doing both you and the farmer have committed a criminal
offence!
You could well get a large £500 plus fine for it.

Peter Crosland

Who are you replying to Peter?


Don't you think any farmer with half a brain would simply pump the
****
over
his muckpile far from the madding crowd? His chance of being found out
are
somewhere approaching zero. Even with the threatened satellite
observation
of his lands he only has to do it with a decent cloud cover - not hard
in
the uk is it?

Possibly but not if they are licensed to carry out such work, they
perhaps wouldn't risk their license

Also human waste is quite noticeably different to that of farm animals
so
anybody passing would notice.


You are trying to create a problem where one does not exist. "Far from the
madding crowd" out in the depths of rural cropland should tell you
something. Even the right to roam doesn't give access to cultivated land

Since DEFRA inspect all farms, including mine, at least once a year, and it
is aerially photographed twice, I don't see what you're getting at. I
certainly wouldn't risk mixing human and animal waste.

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Mike wrote:


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Mike wrote:



"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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I fully expect to be told in 2015 that, despite having nothing nearby
that could conceivably be impacted by the discharge from my (modern)
septic tank, I will have to fork out serious money for a fully
functioning mini treatment works costing tens of thousands of pounds
to cope with the excretions of one human being.

A fully installed mini treatment plant that will serve a household of

six


people is around £7,000 not the ridiculous figure you suggest.


But it still needs power. It would often cost more than that to get

power


to it.



By law it must be no further than 35m form the house. You have to dig a
trench for the drain anyway, the armoured cable goes in it as well. No
modern house would be allowed a toilet without electricity for a fan.

So where is this extreme expense coming from?

AT MOST it would cost about 150 quid for a bit of cable.


Mine is a good hundred metres from the house. It couldn't be any nearer

as

the outflows would be attempting to go uphill ! And we are talking

about

the enforced replacement of existing septic tanks so the drain is

already

there. But a trench would have to be dug for the cable. This can run

into

thousands no sweat.


I can dig and refill a 100 meter trench in a day with a mini digger
hired for 150 quid. And at most I would expect to pay someone else 150
quid to drive it.


No you can't. The BCO has to come and inspect it once it's dug and filled
with gravel and that typically takes 2 days for him to turn up :-)



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