A septic drainage field is a shallow covered area which is used to divert treated wastewater away from your home. It works by using buried sloped and perforated pipes to deposit the water onto a porous material like sand or gravel. If maintained properly a drainage field can last a minimum of 25 years, maybe …
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Drainage fields are important when it comes to discharging sewage into the ground. Existing regulations date back to 2015 and state that if you are replacing your old discharge or are installing a new discharge it must be via a drainage field conforming to BS 6297: 2007. If you can’t comply to the rules for …
What is a drainage field? A drainage field is a waste water treatment process that removes impurities and contaminants from the effluent released by a septic tank. Septic tanks aren’t something that work on their own. They require drainage fields to treat the effluent within the tank. In fact, since January 2020 all septic tanks …
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