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| The Performance of On-Site Wastewater Disposal Systems in the Kingborough Municipality | |||||||||
| A study of the performance and status of septic tanks in the Kingborough municipality in Tasmania, used internally to evaluate the effectiveness of Council's approval and permit procedure for on-site wastewater management systems and inform decisions about cost effective future management regimes. | |||||||||
| Lead Organisation: Kingsborough Municipality, Tasmania | |||||||||
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Description The aim of this research was to gather data to evaluate the performance and status of septic tank systems within the Kingborough municipality. On-site assessments were undertaken of one hundred septic tank systems; covering approximately 2% of all systems installed. A wide range of variable factors, which potentially influence system performance, have been considered including maintenance, provision of town water, age of the system and site and soil conditions. Information gathered has been used to evaluate the effectiveness of Council's approval and permit procedure for on-site wastewater management systems with regards to future sustainability and cost effective system approvals. The investigation has provided data to determine whether further regulation of on-site wastewater management systems for domestic households is necessary to ensure continued satisfactory operation How might this resource be useful to you? This has been a very practical study which identifies the issues affecting the performance of septic tank systems in the municipality. It may be able to assist other EHOs in domestic wastewater management as it provided the Council with representative information regarding the status of currently installed systems and the data can be used to determine whether further legislature of systems is necessary to ensure adequate maintenance and satisfactory operation. |
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