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A rainwater gully and a road gully serve similar purposes in collecting and directing water, but they differ in their locations and specific functions: Rainwater Gully Purpose: Designed to handle water from rooftops, driveways, and other hard surfaces around buildings. Location: Typically found on private property...
According to the Environment Agency, 97.1% of bathing waters in England have passed water quality standards following testing at over 400 designated sites carried out by the Environment Agency (EA). These New statistics show the number of designated bathing waters meeting the highest quality standard is the most since...
View this flow chart as a pdf by clicking this link. We thought it might be helpful for you to be able to identify which kind of private sewage system you have. We know you don't always know when you inherit these systems with a new home. And it can be helpful to understand whether or not your existing system complies...
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Congratulations on passing your HGV Test Danny! Well done! We are very proud of all our teams for their achievements. #sharingagoodthing Maybe you'll see him when he comes to empty your cesspit, septic tank or treatment plant! Make sure you say hello. Take a look at our tank emptying services.
Our Gerry explains how surface water is getting into our drains and overwhelming our sewage systems. " Millions and millions of litres of rainwater and surface water from a storm and rains would break up any treatment plant and overwhelm it." See a written explanation below.
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At ASL Limited, we are passionate about dealing with rainwater, surface water, and roof water mixing with sewage to save the planet – by looking after our rivers, land, and seas. I have found it difficult over the years but have continually tried, undeterred, to explain the detrimental effects of surface rainwater...
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A pumping station is an intermediate collecting chamber for wastewater or surface water that needs to be pumped to another location. A pump station is used where the collecting point for surface water is lower than the sewer disabling the use of gravity. A pumping chamber can also be an additional step in the...
It's important to make sure that surface water is not draining into your private sewage system via gaps in the inspection chamber surround or cracks in the chamber walls. Specially designed waterproof lids can keep out rainwater ingress, even when the manhole lid is flush with ground level.
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We supply and install concrete rings with talk strip joints (strips of tar) between every joint. Benefits of concrete rings: Not prone to fatigue. [See our blog on fatigue] Not prone to movement. No need for a concrete surround. We also install concrete sections for smaller pumping stations or inspection chambers on...
Surface water ingress is the penetration of surface water into a system that it should not be entering. Rainwater or roof water entering a sewage system via cracked or damaged pipes, ill-fitted or damaged inspection chambers or intentionally plumbed methods can create all kinds of problems. Some of the problems caused...
When you have your tank emptied, ask for it to be 'de-sludged' to avoid a large build-up of solids that will reduce the capacity of your tank and become impossible to remove with a standard tanker hose.
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