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Environmental health inspector
Maya Ben-Zur
phone 0476-554 78
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Onsite sewage facilities
Household wastewater from drainage systems not connected to a municipal sewer system is treated at onsite sewage facilities (OSSFs). These facilities are normally constructed to serve only one or a few households.
There are around 4,000 such arrangements in the rural parts of the municipality of Älmhult. Many of them do not meet the current requirements for sewage treatment. Wastewater not properly treated may cause several environmental problems:
During the course of 2009, the environmental health inspectors in Älmhult will follow up the most recent inventory of OSSFs in the municipality, made in the early 1990's. The objective is to make sure that facilities that perform insufficient sewage treatment are attended to, especially in sensitive areas. Top priority is given to the area near the shores of Lake Möckeln , as well as areas along Helge å (river) downstream from Lake Möckeln (through the parishes of Göteryd and Hallaryd).
Facilities for storage of fertilizers in the mentioned areas, will also undergo inspection.
Before building or improving an OSSF, written permission from the local authorities is required. The property owner is responsible for applying for the permit, as well as for the construction and operation in accordance with the authority's decision.
Written permission shall be obtained before work commences. The local authorities will charge a penalty fee of 3,000 or 5,000 SEK for any construction of onsite sewage facilities without permission.
There are around 4,000 such arrangements in the rural parts of the municipality of Älmhult. Many of them do not meet the current requirements for sewage treatment. Wastewater not properly treated may cause several environmental problems:
- Infections spread in contaminated drinking water
- Oxygen depletion in streams and rivers
- Eutrophication causing harmful algal bloom. This is not an isolated local problem, as water from Älmhult's streams travels all the way to Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea.
2009 Inventory of OSSFs
During the course of 2009, the environmental health inspectors in Älmhult will follow up the most recent inventory of OSSFs in the municipality, made in the early 1990's. The objective is to make sure that facilities that perform insufficient sewage treatment are attended to, especially in sensitive areas. Top priority is given to the area near the shores of Lake Möckeln , as well as areas along Helge å (river) downstream from Lake Möckeln (through the parishes of Göteryd and Hallaryd).
Facilities for storage of fertilizers in the mentioned areas, will also undergo inspection.
Building a new OSSF or improving your current OSSF
Before building or improving an OSSF, written permission from the local authorities is required. The property owner is responsible for applying for the permit, as well as for the construction and operation in accordance with the authority's decision.
Penalty fee
Written permission shall be obtained before work commences. The local authorities will charge a penalty fee of 3,000 or 5,000 SEK for any construction of onsite sewage facilities without permission.
This page was last updated 2011-01-17
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