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Hello all,

Our 'new' (old) house does not have any form of sewerage and we have been exploring the idea of using some sort of reed bed system instead of a septic tank.

Does anyone know what the French regulations are for these sorts of alternative systems? and if they are more (or less) environmentally friendly than a traditional septic tank?  

We have a garden to accommodate either, I'm not sure about the slope of the land at the moment.  

Given that we are starting from scratch we quite like the idea of keeping it all as low impact as possible (within reason)

Thanks in advance

Kit.