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Old 18th April 2021, 21:53   #19
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Originally Posted by sewerman View Post
Essentialy it is pond which your waste water drains in to not an enclosed tank like a cesspit. As you can imagine they are not very common now ! but the name dates back to medieval times when thats were waste water was disposed off.

Cesspit and cesspool are often use to mean the same. I suppose historically a pit could be man made and a pool a natural feature and over time the pit became covered.

A soakaway field has a series of perforated pipes normally in a herring bone pattern close to the ground which allows the water from a septic tank or treatement plant to soak back into the ground. Sometimes called an infitration trench or field.

Yes 36 yrs as a civil engineer designing sewerage systems.

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Hence the username.

Surprised no one picked up on that or mentioned it during the replies.


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