Grey water soakaway

All grey and black water MUST go into a septic tank or sewage treatment plant before discharging to a soakaway and only sewage treatment . See 'Can I store and use grey water from my bathroom and sinks? A trench arch is like an elongated soakaway.

The function of the greywater filter is to clean the greywater prior to it going to a soakaway. The greywater filter traps all the debris in the filter media. Mrs MTG's bungalow is not on mains drains.

Both black grey water, from the kitchen, bathroom and toilet, drain in to a soakaway, but not rainwater off the roof.

Aug 20- Water bills in the Thames region are set to rise by per cent next year and the water. Create a grey water soakaway for bath water. Hi guys , is there chance the soakaway has failed when after heavy rains both the shower and bath drains show signs of water backing up.

Can i simply run it into a buried trench. For an approved soakaway you have to do percolation tests and calcs. Aug 20- Hi, just putting in a cloakroom sink.

Would have major problem getting the waste to standard drain because there's a rain water down-pipe in . The problem with running grey water into soakaways is that detergents promote the growth of slime moulds and biofilms.