creu lle gwell creating a better place

Dear Sir / Madam, You have received this letter as we believe your home is not connected to a mains sewer and therefore may have a septic tank or small sewage treatment plant to dispose of sewage. If your home is connected to the mains sewer, please ignore this letter. Where a property is not connected to a mains sewage pipe, the waste water is usually discharged to a septic tank, small sewage treatment plant or cess-pit. These systems store and treat the waste initially. If you are unsure of which system you have, a simple rule is, if you regularly need to empty your waste water tank it is likely to be a cess-pit. These do not need to be registered. However, if the system or tank discharges excess waste water into the ground or into a surface water stream, this will be a septic tank or treatment plant and you are required to register with us. There is evidence that poorly maintained septic tanks are contributing to poor water quality in rivers, lakes and coastal waters around Wales. There is also a danger that pollution from septic tanks could contaminate private water supplies from wells, boreholes and springs. Knowing the location of septic tanks will help our officers to check for any poorly maintained septic tanks that could be the cause of pollution. Once identified, we can help the owners rectify any problems. If you need to register you can do this for free in just a few minutes, either by visiting our website www.environment-agency.gov.uk/sewagedischarge or you can simply read the enclosed leaflet, fill in the form and return it to us in the pre-paid envelope. We would encourage you to do this straight away, but the final date you can do this is the end of June 2012. Thank you if you have already registered with us. You dont need to respond again, and we hope the enclosed information will be of help to you in maintaining your system. In a small number of cases the waste water discharge may be in an environmentally sensitive location. In these cases we will contact you to let you know that you need an environmental permit, which carries a cost of 125. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us on 03708 506 506 (in Welsh or English). Thank you for your support in helping to protect our Welsh environment Yours faithfully,

Chris Mills, Director, Environment Agency Wales

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Annwyl Syr / Fadam, Rydych wedi derbyn y llythyr hwn oherwydd y credwn nad ywch cartref wedi'i gysylltu ir prif rwydwaith garthffosiaeth, ac felly y gall fod gan eich cartref chi danc carthion neu waith trin carthion bychan ar gyfer cael gwared ar garthion. Os yw eich cartref wedi ei gysylltu ir rhwydwaith garthffosiaeth, gallwch anwybyddur llythyr hwn. Lle nad yw eiddo wedii gysylltu r brif bibell garthffosiaeth, yr arfer yw gollwng y dr gwastraff i danc carthion, gwaith trin carthion bychan, neu garthbwll. Maer rhain yn storior gwastraff, ac yn ei drin i raddau. Os nad ydych chin sicr pa un or rhain sydd gennych chi, y rheol syml yw: os oes angen i chi wagioch tanc dr gwastraff chin aml, maen debyg ei fod yn garthbwll. Nid oes angen cofrestrur fath byllau. Os ywr tanc neur system yn gollwng dr gwastraff ir ddaear neu i ffos neu nant dr wyneb, bydd yn danc carthion neun waith trin, ac y maen rhaid i chi ei gofrestru ni. Mae tystiolaeth yn awgrymu bod tanciau carthion, sydd ddim yn cael eu cynnal au cadwn ddigono, yn cyfrannu at ansawdd dr gwael yn afonydd, llynnoedd a dyfroedd glannau mr Cymru. Mae perygl hefyd y gallai llygredd tanciau carthion halogi cyflenwadau dr preifat o ffynhonnau, treidd-dyllau a tharddellau. Bydd gwybod ymhle mae tanciau carthion o gymorth in swyddogion ni gael hyd i unrhyw danciau nad ydynt wediu cynnal au cadwn ddigonol, ac a allent achosi llygredd. Ou canfod, gallwn helpur perchnogion i gywiro unrhyw broblemau. Os oes angen i chi gofrestru, gallwch wneud hynnyn rhad ac am ddim mewn ychydig funudau. Gallwch un ai trwy fynd in gwefan www.environment-agency.gov.uk/sewagedischarge ni, neu ddarllen y daflen amgaeedig ai dychwelyd hi atom yn yr amlen ragdaledig. Rydym yn eich annog i wneud hyn cyn gynted ag y bor modd, ond y dyddiad olaf gwneud hynny yw diwedd Mehefin 2012. Diolch i chi os ydych eisoes wedi ymgofrestru ni. Does angen i chi wneud dim nawr, ond gobeithiwn y bydd yr wybodaeth amgaeedig o gymorth i chi gynnal a chadwch system chi. Efallai y bydd ychydig achosion o ollwng dr gwastraff mewn man lle gallai hynny ddifrodir amgylchedd. Yn yr achosion hyn, cysylltwn chi er mwyn rhoi gwybod bod arnoch chi angen Trwydded Amgylcheddol, ac y maen costio 125. Os oes gennych chi unrhyw bryderon, neu os dymunwch holi rhagor, cysylltwch ni ar unwaith (yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg) ar 03708 506 506, os gwelwch yn dda. Diolch i chi am eich cefnogaeth wrth helpu diogelu ein hamgylchedd ni yng Nghymru. Yn gywir,

Chris Mills, Cyfarwyddwr, Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd Cymru