Most houses in rural France are not connected to mains sewerage so they are drained to rather crude fosse septiques (or as we call them septiic tanks) that have been causing a bit of a stink lately due to the fact that they just didn't process the waste effectively !
New EC laws have forced France to take a much tougher attitude towards disposing of waste water safely. The French have decided that the responsibility for regulating, enforcement and periodic inspection has been passed down to the Marie. Fosse Septiques now have to process all of the waste from homes with flows from the tank being passed through a filtration system before being released into the land or watercourse.
I have found out that there are few of rules and regulations regarding positioning of these Fosse Septiques in relation to building and boundaries. There is a lot of information on the internet most of which is contradictory so hopefully when I have figured everything out I may do another post.
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