Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a club (details supplied) is liable to pay the septic tank charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11621/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 applies only to domestic households. Owners of premises connected to a domestic waste water treatment system will be required to register their system with the water services authority in whose functional area the system is located. Larger properties, such as sports clubs, hotels and guest houses etc., served by septic tanks or other on-site waste water treatment systems and discharging in excess of 5 cubic metres of sewage in any period of 24 hours, require a discharge licence under Section 4 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977. Section 4 applies to direct discharges to waters and also to indirect discharges via percolation areas and soil.