Septic tanks - beware rule changes in Cornwall !

[Nomad]

Last May the environment agency made it illegal for sewerage tankers to empty their waste at sites they have been using for 30+ years,
The government-run alternative sites are at capacity and won't be expanded for several months.
Septic tanker companies have stopped taking bookings to empty septic tanks as they have nowhere to dispose of the waste.
As a result of the rains in recent weeks South West Water (SWW) has gone into "Storm mode", triggering legislation which allows them to pump raw sewerage direct into the sea in certain circumstances.

Lots of problems being reported, houses with septic tanks nearly full are in crisis mode, owners of septic-waste companies fear they will go bust before the situation is resolved, and unprocessed sewerage is being dumped into the "Blue Flag award for cleanest beaches" sea.

Man digs hole in own garden as septic tanks can't be emptied

A new South West Water treatment plant should become operational in the summer

www.cornwalllive.com

Household sewage disposal timebomb threatens Cornish environment

It's feared it could lead to yet more pollution in our rivers and oceans

www.cornwalllive.com

I'm resisting a lot of the obvious comments as this is a family-friendly forum and I'm about to have my tea.

 

[brightspark]

if u know a dairy farmer with a large slurry pit and has a tanker he would be glad of 200 quid cash and empty it

 

[gaz1]

if u know a dairy farmer with a large slurry pit and has a tanker he would be glad of 200 quid cash and empty it

no he wont cant mix slurry with household slurry

it has something to do with the pregnancy tablets going through the system and affecting other animals

and also other tablets that can affect the eco system

 

[gaz1]

people are going to have to start fitting these on there propertys and size them for there usages

 

[brightspark]

no he wont cant mix slurry with household slurry

it has something to do with the pregnancy tablets going through the system and affecting other animals

and also other tablets that can affect the eco system

wont they we all; know what is supposed to happen. used to get mine emptied for 20 quid

 

[armalites]

no he wont cant mix slurry with household slurry

it has something to do with the pregnancy tablets going through the system and affecting other animals

and also other tablets that can affect the eco system

Have you got a link to anything supporting that? Just interested given a huge amount of human waste is spread on fields in the same way animal waste is.

 

[brightspark]

Have you got a link to anything supporting that? Just interested given a huge amount of human waste is spread on fields in the same way animal waste is.

there not suposed to spread human on fields but if its mixed with thousands of gallons of cowsh ite and stired up 600 gallon aint going to be noticed after its been in the tank for a few month

 

[armalites]

there not suposed to spread human on fields but if its mixed with thousands of gallons of cowsh ite and stired up 600 gallon aint going to be noticed after its been in the tank for a few month

Human waste from water processing plants is commonly spread on fields all perfectly legal and above board but is subject to tests for heavy metals.

 

[addjunkie]

people are going to have to start fitting these on there propertys and size them for there usages

They are required anywhere near a watersource. No big deal really just a fancy septic tank with a little air supply blowing through it

 

[Pete.]

Have you got a link to anything supporting that? Just interested given a huge amount of human waste is spread on fields in the same way animal waste is.

By flooding rivers?

 

[addjunkie]

there not suposed to spread human on fields but if its mixed with thousands of gallons of cowsh ite and stired up 600 gallon aint going to be noticed after its been in the tank for a few month

Its the none human wastethats the give away, paper, condo s, cotton buds….. my understanding* was you can spread your own, but not other peoples unless processed into pellets etc

 

[armalites]

By flooding rivers?

Sorry I don't understand your response?

 

[addjunkie]

Sorry I don't understand your response?

Think sarcasm as in heavy rain they are allowed to discharge to rivers….then fertilisers the flood plane

 

[gaz1]

Have you got a link to anything supporting that? Just interested given a huge amount of human waste is spread on fields in the same way animal waste is.

i will find it again something i was loooking at when wanting to use the human side of it as fertiliser at home allotment

there has been an arcticle already where fish stocks was beiing affected by the pill given to females

 

[armalites]

i will find it again something i was loooking at when wanting to use the human side of it as fertiliser at home allotment

there has been an arcticle already where fish stocks was beiing affected by the pill given to females

Not surprised we are all affected by chemicals that pass through us and I can fully undertand why untreated human waste wouldn't just be put in a slurry tank. My point was that human waste is commonly spread on land so I was intrigued at the argument that it's not allowed because it it.

I grew up on a farm and have lived rural all my life and there are lots of things that go on that may seem bizarre. My mum is alergic to penicillin and legally an animal shouldn't go to slaughter if it's had medication but it does happen. When I was a kid I've seen my mum get ill for no reason and I suspect she ate meat with traces of penicillin. When BSE was a big talking point the abertoirs that supplied McDonalds were one of the biggest buyers of BSE cattle.

 

[8ob]

there has been an arcticle already where fish stocks was beiing affected by the pill given to females

At a guess I would say just about every pill swallowed by man will ultimately end up in the watercourse or sea

Bob

 

[cocker]

there not suposed to spread human on fields but if its mixed with thousands of gallons of cowsh ite and stired up 600 gallon aint going to be noticed after its been in the tank for a few month

They've trialed spreading the waste from sewage works round here . I think they stopped it because of the other rubbish mixed in - and it stinks , worse than normal farm yard muck !

 

[ajlelectronics]

At a guess I would say just about every pill swallowed by man will ultimately end up in the watercourse or sea

Bob

In the 70s, I recall reports of fish becoming hermaphrodites / asexual or something like that. Cause apparently was the 'pill' which was putting Oestrogen into the water and of course, ultimately into the drinking water. I remember warnings that it would get worse and that the effect on Human health could not be predicted.

 

[armalites]

They've trialed spreading the waste from sewage works round here . I think they stopped it because of the other rubbish mixed in - and it stinks , worse than normal farm yard muck !

It's not a new thing by any stretch of the imagination. Where I lived previously 25 years ago they were spreading human waste in the surrounding fields

 

[nickk]

At a guess I would say just about every pill swallowed by man will ultimately end up in the watercourse or sea

Bob

In some diluted form I assume you mean.
I thought the surface deposition of human waste was banned in the ‘90’s,it has to be injected.