Septic tank soakaway - who 'constructs' them?

[The Natural Philosopher]

yes.

[Dave Liquorice]

I'd let sleeping dogs lie. Might make a few descrete enquiries about being in a Ground Water Protection Zone 1, I suspect they would get seriously upset about ordinary septic tank discharges in such an area.

[jamma-plusser]

Who would I approach to make discrete enquiries about being in a Ground Water Protection Zone 1 (pretty sure I'm not, but no harm in checking).

Or are there maps online which would show this kind of thing?

Thanks

[jamma-plusser]

[jamma-plusser]

Scrub that, just found the info on the EA web site and there are NO Ground Water Protection Zones of ANY description in my area.

[The Natural Philosopher]

To be honest, compared with what I had, which smelt and needed regular emptyi8ng, so far once the capital outlay is taken on, the damned biodisc has been brilliant. NO SMELL!

Even straight into a puddle at the bottom of an old ditch.

Everyone round here puts them in when they get problems with their original tanks. They just work mainly.

[jamma-plusser]

Sounds good. Now if I could just win a few hundred grand on the lottery ............. I'd move house! :-)

[Peter Crosland]

A fully installed treatment, not necessarily BioDisc as there are others, system including the soakaways should cost less than 10K. Sorting out the old one if you need a new soakaway and associated works digging may well cost 6K.

Peter Crosland

[robert]

If you want to trace whoever did the original work , I would have thought a morning on the telephone to the local groundwork contractors listed in the local paper or yellow pages would prove successful. Also ask around the adjacent landowners or farmers - they may well remember who did the work or offer advice on choice of contractors.