Wheelbarrow full of raw human sewage

telecaster

The waste pipes in to my biocycle-type system became blocked yesterday and started rising raw sewage in my garden.

I found and cleared the blockage today and shovelled out an over-flowing wheelbarrow full of human waste and decomposing toilet rolls.

Not a pleasant day obviously enough.

Now I dont know what to do with this waste.

Dumping it back down the gulleys in to the biocycle could well create another blockage.

Looks like there's too much of it to throw in to my compost bin.

Burying it will cause it to run in to lake a few hundred yards away.

Any suggestions on the safest way to deal with this?

carveone

Yeah, it's just great fun isn't it. I kicked myself last time for not having some Vicks on hand to smear under my nose...

An entire wheelbarrow full? That's more than I've ever had to deal with. Sounds lovely. If you have a compost heap you could let nature play with the waste for a while - the heat should kill most pathogens - and then bury it. Unless you've kids/animals around. Then just bury it in a shallow grave. :rolleyes: It's not as if you've gallons of black water here, I can't see how any runoff would occur.

You could call the local authority or health department for advice. Maybe the EPA could help. My guess it that small amounts of sewage are no real concern.

Pete M.

If it's only one standard wheel barrow full, then dig a decent hole and bury it.
Spread it out a bit so it gets a chance to percolate down.

The Co Co or HSE will tell you to ring a contractor to dispose of it properly, but for a wheel barrow full, don't sweat it.

As for the EPA, well I don't think they're geared up to do this small a job and it is small.

And if you think that is bad, I once had to empty a basement full of human waste while renovating a house across the road from the Iranian embassy.
One of the old clay pipes from next door ruptured when they got Hole Masters to clear a blockage and the pipe split in the basement of the house we were working in.
We had to fill barrow after barrow and push them up an ad hoc ramp out the basement and into a skip.
I had enough though when I noticed that one of the turds had worms in it :eek::eek::eek:

I was working with a few hardy lads from Sean McDermott street at the time for a building company from Armagh and when I said that I'd had enough they thought I was some sort of wuss.

'It's only ****e' they said.

Indeed. God be with the daze (we spent most of the breaks smoking joints and drinking cider).

Mr. Presentable

Put it in buckets and take it to a friend connected to the mains.

Judgement Day

OMG - would need to be a good friend!:D

Cookie_Monster

Bury it.

It shouldn't be too busy, how far away is the lake. In scouts when we camp in Powerscourt its standar to bury our waste from the chemical toilet (bucket) into a hole about 2.5-3 ft
Only usually 20-30m from the river. Never had an issue doing this in 20+ years.

10-10-20

I'd chuck lime on it if you're 'planting' it near a lake.

(aside to Cookie Monster: You had toilets in scouts?)

Cookie_Monster

10-10-20 wrote: »

I'd chuck lime on it if you're 'planting' it near a lake.

(aside to Cookie Monster: You had toilets in scouts?)

we did yeah, had to or wouldn't be allowed back. its about the only rule for camping in Powerscourt. After all don't want all the walkers with their kids and dogs coming across a mysterious pile of toilet paper hiding a present