What is the difference between a septic tank, cess pit and a Package sewage treatment plant?
There is often a serious lack of understanding of the different systems available. There are significant differences in the range of applications and a wide variety of types, makes and arrangements of most of them. The following should help to clarify the situation. There are three common types of holding or treatment system in use which can be supplied by a number of companies in various forms. Alternatively systems may have been constructed on site using local materials. Cesspits or Cesspools Do not provide any treatment at all, they are simply a holding tank which must be emptied by tanker on a regular basis. They are large structures, unsuitable for domestic use due to operating costs and they are the least favoured option under present regulations. You may come across the term cesspit used to describe what is actually a septic tank – See below. Septic tanks Provide minimum treatment and must now discharge to a soakaway only. These are generally only used for smaller domestic devel
