General Information on the Operation and Maintenance of a Septic System

• Operation and Maintenance of a Septic System  

Replacing, Removing or Decommissioning a Sewage Disposal System

• Notification of Abandonment and Reclamation of a Sewage Disposal System (YG5589)  

Obtaining Approval to Retain a Sewage Disposal System installed before 1999

• Application for Permission to Retain a Sewage Disposal System (YG5073)  

Installation and Maintenance of Privies (Outhouses)

• Application for Authorization to Construct, Install and /or Use a Privy (YG5438)  
• Standards for Construction, Installation and Maintenance of a Pit Privy 
• Standards for Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Eduction of a Contained Privy (Link on Current EHS website)  

Transporting Sewage

• Standards for Transportation of Sewage 

Environmental Health : Sewage Disposal

Alphabetical listing by document name of all documents relating to Sewage.

• Design Specification for Sewage Disposal Systems: A Guide to their Design and Maintenance [1067.19 KB ]
• Notification of Installation and Undertaking to Maintain a Septic Tank and Soil Absorption System [PDF]
• Notification of Installation and Undertaking to Maintain a Sewage Holding Tank
• Operation and Maintenance of a Septic System [100.99 KB ]
• Permission to Retain a Sewage Disposal System - Application [PDF]
• Standards for Construction, Installation and Maintenance of a Pit Privy [115.76 KB ]
• Standards for Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Eduction of a Contained Privy [160.76 KB ]
• Standards for Transportation of Sewage [83.49 KB ]