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Sewage Treatment Plant Servicing in Wem

Annual servicing, repairs and health checks for all makes of package sewage treatment plant, keeping your discharge compliant and your warranty intact. Serving Wem and the surrounding villages, including Clive, Loppington, Edstaston, Aston.

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A sewage treatment plant is a working machine with moving parts, and like a boiler it needs a routine service to stay reliable. Manufacturers require an annual service to keep warranties valid, and the General Binding Rules require your system to be maintained so its discharge stays within the standard it was designed to meet.

Wem’s affordable rural property brings a steady flow of first-time plant owners — buyers who have never owned so much as a septic tank, suddenly responsible for a small working machine. Annual servicing is what keeps that machine an asset: blower checked, sludge measured, discharge to the Roden’s ditch network kept clean, and a written report building the file that the next sale will ask for. A plant that has missed a few years can be picked back up, starting with a health check.

The villages around Wem grew up along lanes rather than sewers, and most outlying properties run on private drainage. Older cottages often have tanks of considerable age and uncertain history, and nearby Wem Moss, like the other mosses, marks ground where drainage has always needed care.

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Watercourses and the rules around Wem

The River Roden runs through the town and takes the district’s drainage, fed by a lattice of field ditches. Many rural tanks sit within easy reach of a ditch, so the General Binding Rules and their ban on septic discharge to watercourses are directly relevant across this area.

What the service includes

  • Annual servicing of all major plant makes and models
  • Blower, diaphragm, motor and disc checks, with parts replaced as needed
  • Sludge level measurement and de-sludging when required
  • Effluent quality spot checks
  • Alarm and electrical checks
  • Written service report for your records and any future house sale

Around Wem

As well as Wem itself, the surrounding villages and farms are covered, including Clive, Loppington, Edstaston, Aston, Tilley, Nonely, Northwood. If you are somewhere smaller or somewhere between, get in touch anyway.

Common questions about sewage treatment plant servicing

How often should a treatment plant be serviced? Can a plant be serviced by someone who did not install it? These and more are answered on the main service page.

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