Septic Tanks News

Drainage sleuths clean up septic tank effluent mystery

25/01/2021

A couple can let their children play in the garden once more after Lanes drainage engineers solved a long-term mystery about why their septic tank was not working properly. Other contractors had visited the house near Aberdeen to try to work out why sewage was seeping into the family garden resulting in a large part…

Septic tank operators urged to make regulation checks

13/01/2020

New regulations for discharging wastewater from septic tanks have now come into force – and householders and businesses that fall foul of them risk heavy financial penalties or even criminal prosecution. Since January 1st 2020, the regulations, called General Binding Rules: Small Sewage Discharge to the Ground, have not allowed wastewater  from a standard septic…

Lanes invests in advanced materials separation technology

17/12/2018

Drainage and utilities specialist Lanes Group plc is offering industry-leading technology that supports faster and more effective cleaning of wastewater treatment systems and greatly reduces landfill costs. It is investing in the CDEnviro D:MAX, a trailer-mounted material separation system, that can remove a variety of materials, including rag, plastic and grit, from large volumes of…

Lanes zooms in to combat increase in motorway flood risks

18/07/2014

Lanes engineers have taken drainage inspections along the M6toll around Birmingham into the fast lane with a powerful zoom camera. The Lanes depot at Minworth, in Birmingham, has invested in the UK’s most advanced drainage pole camera to carry out the inspection work for Midland Expressway, which operates and maintains the 27-mile-long motorway from Coleshill…

Lanes for Drains Derby praised for Septic tank cleaning

28/03/2013

Customer Mark Wolfe has praised Lanes for Drains drainage team Joe Burt and Mike Harrison, based at our Derby depot, for “going the extra mile” in their approach to emptying his septic tank. And Mark knows all about going the distance to deliver quality customer service, because he is a senior pilot with British Airways. Cleaning septic…

Lanes tests technology to the limit to empty septic tank

05/03/2013

Lanes for Drains engineers in South Wales have tested drainage technology to its limits to help the Royal National Lifeboat Institution empty a septic tank on the seashore below a cliff. The maritime search and rescue charity called the Lanes for Drains Cardiff Depot to find a way to clean out the tank at its…

Lanes finds solution to householder’s sewage saga

09/02/2012

After nearly two years of serious sewage issues and much legal wrangling, a householder in Cheshire is finally free of drainage problems, thanks to Lanes for Drains. The cottage’s sewage system was a 100-year old septic tank, but the pipes to it had been damaged during work at the adjoining property. This meant that the…