If you have been approached by the environmental agency recently because the discharge from your sewage tank is polluting a river or a stream you might be worried that you will have to spend thousands of pounds replacing you sewage system or you will be cut of, by the way if the environmental agency do cut your sewage system off you will have to empty your septic tank every other day, costing you around £100 a pop.
The other worry is that new sewage treatment plants can cost a lot of money to install and supply, just the other day I had a customer phone me and say that he was quoted £38000 to install a new sewage system to cater for his coffee shop with a kitchen and three toilets, I laughed and gave him a brochure for some of the sewage treatment plants we offer at a fraction of that price.
Coming back to your problem, so the environmental agency have told you that your septic tank is too near to a water course and it is causing pollution, they will suggest that you install a sewage treatment plant.
But there is no need to replace your septic system, you can keep it and still make the environmental agency very happy, How?, by installing a septic tank conversion unit! What is a septic tank conversion unit? This is a cutdown version of a full sewage treatment plant, it is installed on the outlet of your septic system, it treats the water that is expelled from your tank and then the waste water can legally discharge in to the water course, keeping the environmental agency happy and your bank balance much healthier than if you were to rip out your septic tank and install a full sewage treatment plant.
the other benefit is that you probably have a soakaway system in place now with your septic tank,, with the conversion unit you will be able to bypass the soakaway and discharge straight in to the watercourse its self, all you will need is a 110 millimeter underground drainage pipe straight through, even if that is not possible because your septic tank is situated much lower than the watercourse for a small extra charge you can have a pump fitted to the treatment plant and pump the waste up to the higher level.
A good option now is the new Tricel BioCel unit as it is the cheapest and easiest to maintain and install, plus it is a very well made tank, it is constructed with a thick shell of glass fibre making it the only sewage treatment unit that can be installed without having to use concrete to bed it in, the unit also comes with an alarm system witch most treatment plants you pay extra for, it is fully EU certified to EN12566-3 and starts at £1699 plus Vat.
So don't panic you can save the situation and your pocket by converting your septic tank rather than replacing.
The other worry is that new sewage treatment plants can cost a lot of money to install and supply, just the other day I had a customer phone me and say that he was quoted £38000 to install a new sewage system to cater for his coffee shop with a kitchen and three toilets, I laughed and gave him a brochure for some of the sewage treatment plants we offer at a fraction of that price.
Coming back to your problem, so the environmental agency have told you that your septic tank is too near to a water course and it is causing pollution, they will suggest that you install a sewage treatment plant.
But there is no need to replace your septic system, you can keep it and still make the environmental agency very happy, How?, by installing a septic tank conversion unit! What is a septic tank conversion unit? This is a cutdown version of a full sewage treatment plant, it is installed on the outlet of your septic system, it treats the water that is expelled from your tank and then the waste water can legally discharge in to the water course, keeping the environmental agency happy and your bank balance much healthier than if you were to rip out your septic tank and install a full sewage treatment plant.
the other benefit is that you probably have a soakaway system in place now with your septic tank,, with the conversion unit you will be able to bypass the soakaway and discharge straight in to the watercourse its self, all you will need is a 110 millimeter underground drainage pipe straight through, even if that is not possible because your septic tank is situated much lower than the watercourse for a small extra charge you can have a pump fitted to the treatment plant and pump the waste up to the higher level.
A good option now is the new Tricel BioCel unit as it is the cheapest and easiest to maintain and install, plus it is a very well made tank, it is constructed with a thick shell of glass fibre making it the only sewage treatment unit that can be installed without having to use concrete to bed it in, the unit also comes with an alarm system witch most treatment plants you pay extra for, it is fully EU certified to EN12566-3 and starts at £1699 plus Vat.
So don't panic you can save the situation and your pocket by converting your septic tank rather than replacing.
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