Friday, May 11, 2007
Septic tank soil study
I had the soil study for the new septic tank done yesterday morning.
In order to get permission for a new septic tank (fosse septique toutes eaux) you must have a soil study performed.
The lady came to site and took soil samples using soil cores to check for permeability (i.e. no clay). She suggested that for two houses I would be better with two tanks and two soakaways (epandage). It is slightly more expensive but I would not be able to get planning permission for two houses unless they had their own separate sanitation systems. The levels where a bit tricky as the land rises slightly above the floor level of the house then drops away towards the bottom of the garden.
Hopefully we should be able to squeeze it in because there are restrictions about locating the tanks and soakaways near wells, houses and boundaries. It is possible that a sand filtration bed (bac-a-sable) would be required rather than an epandage if the ground is not porous enough. Hopefully a pump will not be required because they are expensive and break-down!!
I should have the results of the study within a couple of weeks and I'll provide more details about the regulations then.
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Septic tank soil study
