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new treatment unit- can i get a grant?

  • 26-05-2015 11:25AM
    #1
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭


    Hello,
    I have a house in a rural area built about 13 years. My sinks and white goods run into a stone filled soakaway and the sewage into a septic tank. I’m looking into perhaps getting a new septic tank/wastewater treatment system that would perhaps do both. Is there a grant for this, and if so, what is the process? I’ve been having some problems with my soakaway of late (in essence I think the one I have is too small) so I guess my two options would be (A) make a larger soakaway and leave my existing septic tank alone or (B) if I could get a grant, go for a new system that could do the lot. Any advice folks?


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,147 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Advice: get an engineer to survey, consult, design, submit planning & supervise install.
    Sinks / white goods should not go to a soak away

    The eng will advise on grants but I would suspect you are in breach of your planning (13years old?)


  • #3
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭ruskin


    BryanF wrote: »
    Advice: get an engineer to survey, consult, design, submit planning & supervise install.
    Sinks / white goods should not go to a soak away

    The eng will advise on grants but I would suspect you are in breach of your planning (13years old?)

    Do you need planning permission to replace a septic tank?


  • #4
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,147 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Yes


  • #5
    Rabbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Rabbo


    There is a grant scheme however it's is only for septic tank systems that have failed an inspection from the local authority and are only available to lower income households. The uptake for the grants is apparently very low. You can't request a local authority inspection and they are only able to inspect a small percentage of properties in a year so it's unlikely that you'll see them any time soon


  • #6
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭ruskin


    Rabbo wrote: »
    There is a grant scheme however it's is only for septic tank systems that have failed an inspection from the local authority and are only available to lower income households. The uptake for the grants is apparently very low. You can't request a local authority inspection and they are only able to inspect a small percentage of properties in a year so it's unlikely that you'll see them any time soon

    Thats interesting. So I can't register my septic tank, request a guy to inspect it and then apply for the grant?


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  • #7
    Rabbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Rabbo


    No, unfortunately not. The councils have risk assessed their entire counties and are targeting the high risk areas first. They won't call out to you on demand


  • #8
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭ruskin


    Rabbo wrote: »
    No, unfortunately not. The councils have risk assessed their entire counties and are targeting the high risk areas first. They won't call out to you on demand

    Pity. I suppose I'll just dig a bigger soakpit for me sinks and white goods and use an old agricultural tank I got for a new septic tank.


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