What Happens to Sewage Water During a Flood?
Posted on December 23, 2019
Sewers are meant to remove rainwater as well as sewage from your property, but they can only handle so much water. Excessive amounts of rainwater entering sewers can cause sewer flooding, which becomes quite severe in extreme weather events such as floods. No matter how hard drainage companies work to… Read more »
What Happens When You Flush Plastics Down the Toilet?
Posted on November 27, 2019
63% of the public believe they are ‘very aware’ of what they shouldn’t put down the drain. However, this does not reflect the fact that the misuse of drains, including flushing the incorrect items down the toilet, causes over 300,000 sewer blockages a year across the UK. So in order… Read more »
The Benefits of Having a Domestic Sewage Treatment Plant
Posted on May 30, 2019
Many homeowners in rural areas are not connected to mains drainage and need a safe, reliable alternative. Water is becoming more and more sacred around the globe, including the UK, with limited supply due to pollution, droughts, and increased water demand. People are starting to explore how to recycle their… Read more »
What Are The World’s Oldest Sewers?
Posted on April 29, 2019
Many people don’t think about what happens when you flush the toilet, even though it’s a daily occurrence. Plumbing systems are an integral part of society and contribute to how successful and sustainable a community is. Without sewage systems, raw human waste would flood the areas we live in, causing… Read more »
How to manage sewage drainage when living off-grid
Posted on January 24, 2019
Living off-grid or simply trying to live more ecologically and economically comes with a variety of challenges as you rely less on public, municipal systems. Creating clean energy is usually a dominating concern, but something as fundamental as off-grid waste treatment should be given equal consideration. You’ve probably not given… Read more »
What is a Private Sewer?
Posted on February 22, 2016
Sewers and sewage are, though unpleasant, a necessary part of any built up areas and infrastructure. They are something which much of the general public who are not ‘in the know’ may take for granted or know very little about, and this is certainly the case with private sewers; a… Read more »