Septic System Maintenance

The owner of a sewage system must ensure the system is maintained in compliance with the maintenance plan in the Letter of Certification ( Sewage System Regulations (SSR) Section 9) and keep records of the maintenance in accordance to section 10 of the (SSR).  All systems maintained by BCSS have photos and maintenance reports stored in an online shared cloud storage for future access if required. 

Future property sale transactions may request maintenance documentation to support mortgage acceptance or new homeowners requests.  

Type 2 and 3 wastewater treatment systems have minimum requirements for the output effluent. 45mg/l for TSS and CBOD5 for Type 2 systems and  10mg/l for TSS and CBOD5 for Type 3 systems as well as 400 Fecal Coliform / 100ml. BCSS performs additional water and wastewater testing to determine the capability of the system and compare that to well water to determine how much sewage pollution is getting into your fresh water system, be that from your wastewater system or your neighbours.  

The Sewage System Regulation also outlines offences for maintaining, or operating a sewage system in section 12 and google AI does a good job outlining the fines and orders that may be issued by EHO's for non-compliance.