DOMESTIC WASTE  WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS INCLUDING SEPTIC TANKS 

• Roscommon County Council carries out Septic Tank inspections on an ongoing basis in accordance with the current National Inspection Plan – Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems.
• Householders will be contacted by Roscommon County Council in ADVANCE of an inspection being carried out. 
• Only those who have been inspected and fail the inspection may be eligible under the Septic Tank Grant Scheme.
• To qualify for the grant you must have had your septic tank inspected by the Local Authority, and registered your Septic Tank or Domestic Waste Water Treatment System and qualify under the means criteria as stipulated by the Minister.
• Three Information leaflets are available in Libraries, all County Council Offices, Roscommon County Council website, Citizen Information Offices, and on-line from the EPA and Protect Our Water. Leaflets are titled: 
  • WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR SEPTIC TANK
  • WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A SEPTIC TANK INSPECTION
  • IS YOUR WELL AT RISK FROM YOUR SEPTIC TANK

Further information is available from Roscommon County Council, Environment Section, Aras an Chontae, Roscommon at 090-6637100 or email environment@roscommoncoco.ie /  www.roscommoncoco.ie / www.protectourwater.ie / http://www.epa.ie/water/wastewater/info/ 

This grant is available to assist with the costs of remediation, repair or upgrading works to, or replacement of, a domestic waste water treatment system (DWWTS) that serves a house, where the works arise directly from an inspection carried out under Part 4A of the Water Services Act 2007 (as inserted under the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012), and the subsequent issue of an Advisory Notice by the housing authority.

Important: Costs associated with the routine maintenance or servicing of DWWTS, or of de-sludging such systems, do not qualify for grant aid.  

The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government's Privacy Notice is available for viewing at:  https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/attachments/private_notice_0.pdf