dry well
soakaway BrE
soak pit

If you build an extension, a soakaway will often be required.

A gully leading to a nearby soakaway may be the answer.

The regulation distance that a soakaway must be from the nearest building has increased over the years.

This system is used with a septic tank and soakaway if space is available.

Gutters on smaller roofs often lead water directly onto the ground, or better, into a specially made soakaway.

The sterile urine is used directly as a fertilizer or diverted into soakaway pits.

But a well-constructed soakaway would leave no clues.

Normally, when replacing a rainwater system, the connection to the drains (or soakaway) can be made in the same way as before.

Often called a soakaway in the UK.

The pipe is led into the soakaway from a trapped gully fitted at the bottom of the downpipe.

A soakaway should have a minimum of 150mm of topsoil on a concrete cap.

This has the advantages that the soakaway can be cleaned out when necessary and that you can get at it should anything go wrong.

A septic tank is an open system and depends on being sited where it can eventually discharge into a natural watercourse or soakaway.

It seems that it is the soakaway rather than the actual drain that is defective.

A better type of soakaway can be constructed by making a chamber with open-jointed walling, a concrete base and an inspection cover.

This will confirm whether the area is suitable for a soakaway and will determine the size of the drainage area you need.

It uses the Coandă effect to divert and send urine to a soakaway, rather than rely on evaporation.

After locating the main area, continue your exploration in the direction of the rainwater pipe, until you find the edge of the soakaway and pipe entry.

Where the water reached the floor, a crude but effective drain had been put together with modern pipes, which conducted the water into a rubble-filled soakaway hole.

Soakaway latrines, which are common in rural areas, often do not work properly due to the high groundwater table, infrequent emptying and cracks in the walls.

Most of it would disperse as it found its way through the gravel, and it may not be necessary to form a soakaway at the end of the drain.

Traditional drainage is designed to move rainwater as rapidly as possible from the point at which it has fallen to a discharge point, either a watercourse or soakaway.

ONEA has substantially invested in sanitation by helping households to build such shower and washing facilities connected to soakaway pits, as well as improved latrines.

You will need to carry out a percolation test if you want to use a soakaway or drainage field to dispose of the effluent from your septic tank or package treatment plant.

Sanitation in Burkina Faso is mostly in the form of on-site sanitation, including latrines for defecation and soakaway pits for greywater from showers and washing facilities.