Sima or Abyss
 

I was talking to my neighbour who is reforming his house with the view to selling it .When I asked if he was going to install a septic tank he just shrugged his shoulders and told me all the houses in our part of the valley have a sima.Which he described as a deep hole that drains into the bedrock.My house is over 150 years old and I have always assumed that it had a pozo negro which I occasionally feed with activador biologicos sachets .He told me I was wasting my money and laughed.Maybe when he comes to sell his house the last laugh may be on him.Does anyone else have a sima?

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Hola

Here in Chiclana there is a problem in that these types of "septic tank" have contaminated the water table - the report has gone from Ayuntamiento to Junta - one of these days someone will do something to alleviate the problem

Davexf

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Regarding the use of septic tank sachets. I use them regularly, but don't know if I'm almost literally throwing my money down the drain.
Anyone know if the're any good and work?
Thanks.

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The major town near to me is Gandia and a few weeks ago the local paper reported that Aguas de Valencia are spending 2 million euros to build two filter stations to address the problem of herbicides in the drinking water.Naturally they have assured their clientèle that it is still safe to drink......;) Then within the week,water fountains started to disappear from the children's playgrounds.

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Hola

Once the tank is working, then they are not needed - maybe if you us as a holiday home after a long non-use period.

Davexf

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Waste of money.

We have had our tank for 13 years. No smells, works fine and never needed emptying.

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So I take it from the comments above that I have been wasting my money then!
Feel gullible using and buying them. Only good thing, if it can be called good, is that when I used them I thought I was helping the septic tank process.
Oh well, balloon popped!