Septic services in Camborne & Redruth & surrounding rural parishes
The former mining country around Camborne, Redruth and the surrounding hamlets has a scatter of off-mains homes on the rural fringe, where old cottages and smallholdings drain to septic tanks and soakaways.
What we can arrange around Camborne & Redruth
Kernow Septic is a local guide and enquiry service — we put you in touch with firms covering Camborne & Redruth and handle the checking that comes first. How it works.
Emptying & servicing Most requested
Scheduled emptying and servicing for tanks and treatment plants near Camborne & Redruth.
Repairs
Backups, blockages and failed soakaways put right.
Treatment plant upgrades
Upgrades where a septic tank no longer meets the rules.
Nearby areas
The local picture around Camborne & Redruth
Since 1 January 2020 a septic tank must not discharge directly to a watercourse — around Camborne & Redruth that means the Red River and the Portreath stream. A tank that still does needs upgrading to a treatment plant or a drainage field, and it usually surfaces at the point of sale. How the discharge rules work →
The Environment Agency designates 3 bathing waters on this stretch of coast — Portreath, Porthtowan and Chapel Porth . Private drainage in these catchments is monitored accordingly, and siting near protected waters affects what you can install. Look any beach up on the EA's bathing water profiles .
This is granite and mining country — the Carnmenellis granite to the south, and ground riddled with old mine workings closer to the towns. Shallow soil over hard granite and disturbed mining ground can both rule out a standard drainage field, which is why site-specific percolation testing matters more here than almost anywhere in Cornwall. What a percolation test involves → · BGS geology viewer
Not sure if your system is compliant?
Since 2020 the Environment Agency's General Binding Rules ban septic tanks discharging straight to a watercourse. Run your setup through our free checker to see where you stand near Camborne & Redruth.
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