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offices, pubs to campsites and industrial buildings. The unique design of the Klargester Commercial BioDisc® BD-BN range has a proven track record for high-quality performance, superior reliability and lowoperational costs.
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WHAT NEEDS TOHAPPEN NOW
Despite the current circumstances the industry norGovernment cannot really blame EAfor the lack of compliance given the pressure placed on the organisationwith the flooding and other issues in recent years that have probably sideswiped funding and resources to unexpected areas of need, given that large areas of theUK have regularly been underwater and the driver of needing to keep rivers in check as the burst banks etc. tominimise further desolation has come to the fore. But once theCovid-19 crisis ismore or less passed it could be time to look at doingmorewith public information to let folks knowthe changes andwhat needs to happen – thiswouldmean a significant extension to the deadlinewhich has already passed. Theremay be a need to forma newoverseeing body thatmight lobby Government and support the push to spread the required information across relevant areas/regionswhere offmains drainage is prevalent. By advertising the regulations and their relevance to environmental change,water quality etc. thismay engender amore specific response as the population becomesmore aware of the damage their systems may cause thatwas previously notwell understood. Local adverts onTV, radio announcements etc.would likely getmore response than national advertisingmaybe get the local contractors involved so that they can be an aimpoint for those that needwork done. Local councils really need to get involved. It could also be that such an organisation could better promote information dispersal through contractorswhich once they advise the owner of the changes required could provide feedback to the EAto ensure that the ownerswill be supported tomake the changes rather
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than simply being subject to sanction for non-compliance. If people knowthat theywill be given support, information and assistance to get their systemright theywill be farmore forthcoming in getting the changesmade than if they feel theywill simply get fined. This does still leave the industrywith the problemthat there is a relatively small number of experienced at competent contractors, all of which it appears are very busy already, and forwhomthis type ofwork ismore or less an add-on to theirmain areas of business such as tinkering companies, jetting operators, toilet hire operations, building contractors, groundworks providers, civils operations and/or general construction
etc.There are however some highly professional,well equipped companies that specialise in this type ofwork across theU.K., but again they are few. So itmay be that the extra pressures on themto ensure that owners knowthe regulations andwhat they need to do andwho to contactmay simply add to their own costs at a timewhen they could dowithout the extraworkload. However, even nowinmost circumstances, clients are looking to the contracting sector to for technical and regulatory information in addition to the physicalwork, butwith thewell-documented skill shortages across construction related industries thismay seemingly discourages interest given the existingworkloads. The contractor sector it appears needs to expand, but to get companies and operatives into the sector of handling other people’s sewage is not always easy or attractive. Furthermore, any push to get compliancemoving needs to take into account all the factors available including the shortage of contractors, so the timing of any‘final’date for compliance needs to be extended in accordancewith contractor availability, perhaps on a local basis asmore rural communities have more tanks and thereforemorework required in a set timeframe. Expansion of industry capacitywhilst possible is, according to some in the industry already, likely to be slow. The aims of this regulatory change are environmentally very sound, but the approach has been hampered by various natural interventions andman-made obstacles (funding and resources). It is perhaps time to take stock ofwhat can be achieved and inwhat timeframe this can be
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