Over half of septic tanks fail EPA inspection

More than half of the country’s septic tanks inspected under a controversial new testing regime have failed the test, according to latest figures from the EPA.

And, even though there are 449,109 registered septic tanks in the country, just 423 of these were inspected by the country’s 100 inspectors in the first eight months of the new inspection regime.

Up to 53% of the household septic tanks inspected failed first inspection. The most common reasons that the householders were told to upgrade their waste disposal system were: