Also used as part of the non-electric FilterPod septic system conversion to a sewage treatment plant.All units are made to order - a one-piece fibreglass tank construction which cannot leak - you cut the neck to suit the inlet depth.10 Year Warranty - The market leading tank warranty is only 12 months.Effluent Filter - can be fitted in the outlet to keep the soakaway clean.Simple Sludge Test - Only empty as required.Cleaner Effluent than 'onion' septic tanks.Low Profile - shallow installation - cheaper to install - concrete or gravel backfill.Odourless - unique venting design - any smell is vented back through the soil vent pipe.They do not bend and distort like cheap plastic septic tanks. Benefits of the Crystal Low Profile Septic Tank Design Please contact us before you decide to buy a Septic Tank and we can determine whether or not it is the correct choice for your site. We have many customers who cannot use them after they have been purchased and this is a situation that we try to avoid. As the Environment Agency now refuse septic tanks and insist on sewage treatment plants in many areas of the UK, it is essential to check first if one is acceptable before you buy. They are lower priced, smaller, cheaper to install than septic systems and do not pollute like the old septic tank and soakaway. Under the new General Binding Rules (Environment Agency) all existing septic tanks that discharge to ditches and other watercourses MUST be replaced with Sewage Treatment Plants by 1st January, 2020, or before this date if the property is sold.Ī better choice is a sewage treatment plant which can discharge directly to a ditch, stream, etc. We can find this out for you if you telephone us on 01759 369915. Your site is in a Zone 1 Groundwater Protection Zone, as determined by the Environment Agency.

The soil drains away to fast or too slow during the Percolation Test.The water table ever gets to within 2 metres of ground level.

You are no longer allowed a Darainage Field if either: Septic Tanks were always the polluting, outdated and more EXPENSIVE choice for off-mains sewage treatment and were often refused permission by the authorities, but now most septic tank soakaways are illegal as well. Septic tanks which discharge into either Soakaways or Ditches/Streams/Rivers are no longer allowed under new legislation.Īll existing septic tanks can only discharge into correctly tested and designed Drainage Fields that are designed to BS 6297 2007 + A1 2008 Old fashioned Soakaways are no longer allowed. Septic Tank Systems - Be Aware of the new General Binding Rules

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