Cavan offers model for murky world of septic tank inspection

TIM CLIFFORD, a Cork-based site assessor and owner of www.siteassessor.com, expects the system of national septic tank inspection to follow that of Cavan County Council closely.

Cavan offers model for murky world of septic tank inspection

He said the European Commission conceded that the bylaws in Cavan constituted an adequate legal mechanism for complying with the waste directive, and therefore excluded Cavan from the legal action taken against Ireland.

“I believe it will be a monitoring regime very similar to Cavan County Council, which is basically a visual inspection,” said Clifford. “What else can they do? We can’t tell you what’s going on underneath the ground.”

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