WASTE WATER RESTRICTION FOR CONSIDERATION

Location of a waste water treatment plant should be 7 meters from an habitable property

Building regulations - H2 0.1 /1.16

Discharge from a waste water treatment plant should be 10 meters from an habitable property

Building regulations - H2. clause 1.54

There may be a restriction of use on septic tanks, due to underground sources, usually for extraction of water and sites of Specific Scientific Interest [ SSSI ] ~ you should check with the Environment Agency prior to starting an installation / construction of a drainage field,

THE DISCHARGE OF SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT INTO A WATERCOURSE, INCLUDING DITCH / LAND DRAIN HAS BEEN ILLEGAL SINCE THE 1960’s