Drainage of foul water into drain/dyke - Foul water drainage problem

[weighters]

Hi,
I have just moved into a very remote semi house built in 1872 in lincolnshire surrounded by drains/dykes. It appears our foul water is draining into one of the dykes at the side of my property, the smell is horrendous and it doesnt look to healthy either. I need to get the problem sorted asap i have just had the tank emptied a couple of months ago but it is still draining into the dyke. My neighbour has a soakaway and i think i need to do the same. 40ft from the tank i have a very dry patch because i have two 40-50ft scotts pine and i thought it would be an ideal place to site the soakaway as the trees would take up the excess water if i rechannelled the pipe work lower from the septic tank to the soakaway would this work?? And what kind should i look at? Responses appreciated thanks Paul

[Tony McC]

The foul needs to be directed to a septic tank or other approved installation. You can't/shouldn't discharge raw sewage to an open ditch, or any other watercourse. Your local BCO will advise on what type/size of septic system is required, and where you can outfall for the leachfield.

As for the SW, the site near the Scots' Pine sounds ok to me. As long as you are more than 5 metres from the house and not too close to the trees, there shouldn't be a problem.

I can't tell you waht type/size of soakaway or septric system is needed, as I haven't seen the site and I'm not familiar with the size of the property, number of bogs, sinks, baths, washing machines etc. Your BCO really is the best place to contact. Their initial advice is free and usually fairly impartial.