Content Page: 9 Drainage and Sewerage

  • General

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    (1) No person shall, on any premises, construct or use any septic tank and appurtenant disposal works for the treatment and disposal of sewage without the written consent of the local authority. (2) Before giving such consent, the local authority shall be satisfied that such septic tank and such disposal works can be operated without…

  • Septic Tank: Design And Construction

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    (1) Every septic tank shall be sited, designed and constructed to the approval of the local authority, and in accordance with C.A.S. No. CA1, Small domestic septic tank installations. (2) Septic tanks shall be water tight and no spring-water, subsoil-water, surface-water, or storm-water shall be permitted to enter them. (3) Septic tanks shall be effectively…

  • Percolation Tests For Soak-Aways For Disposal Of Effluent From Septic Tanks

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    (1) Unless exempted by the local authority, a person submitting an application for the construction of a septic tank and appurtenant disposal works shall arrange for percolation tests in accordance with C.A.S. No. CA1 to be carried out during the months of February or March. (2) The provision of effluent disposal systems shall be determined…

  • Conserving-Tanks

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    (1) No person shall construct or use any conserving-tank without the written consent of the local authority. (2) If the local authority consents to the construction of a conserving-tank, the tank shall conform to the requirements of the following subsections. (3) Except as provided for in subsection (4), the net capacity A (calculated by using…

  • Sewage Lifts

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    (1) Where a sanitary fitting is below the level of a public sewer, or is at a level which is not sufficient to secure a self-cleansing velocity of flow to such sewer, or where, in the opinion of the local authority, there is a risk of back-flow in the event of such sewer becoming surcharged,…

  • Drainage For Stables, etc.

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    The sewerage from stables, cowsheds, dairies, market-places, abattoirs, area for washing vehicles and other places of a like nature shall be connected to a public sewer or, if such is not available, to private treatment and disposal plants or to conserving-tanks, and, in addition, the following requirements shall be complied with— a) provision shall be…

  • Connexion Of Private Drains To Public Drains Prohibited

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    No person shall cause or permit any private drain to communicate with any public drain, and no person shall cause or permit any spring-water, sub-soil-water, surface-water or storm-water to flow into any public drain except with the permission of, and subject to conditions laid down by, the local authority.

  • Rain-Water Gutters And Down-Pipes

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    (1) The roof of every building shall have proper rain-water gutters and down-pipes constructed in either: a) galvanized sheet steel not less than 0,55 millimetre in thickness; or b) aluminium or aluminium alloy not less than 0,7 millimetre in thickness; or c) copper not less than 0,7 millimetre in thickness; or d) asbestos-cement not less…

  • Size Of Private Drains

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    No private drain shall have a diameter of less than 100 millimetres, but the local authority may require the construction of large private drains where it considers it necessary so to do.

  • Connexions With Down-Pipes Prohibited

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    No rain-water down-pipe shall be used as a waste-pipe, soil-pipe or vent-pipe, nor shall any waste-pipe, soil-pipe or vent-pipe be used as a rain-water down-pipe.