Protecting our environment and community from failing septic tanks
Overview
Since the early 1970s, successive governments have acknowledged that failing septic tanks causing environmental and public health risks need to be replaced with reticulated or alternative sewerage systems.
In a recent announcement, government has indicated a course of action to address almost half of the failing septic tanks in metropolitan Melbourne. It will be important that that goal is achieved. Of equal importance is the proposal to reduce the time frame for addressing the remaining metropolitan properties from the current estimate of 40 to 20 years.