Grants available in High Status Objective Catchment Areas
In order to protect ground and surface water quality, particularly drinking water sources, Environment Section staff undertake inspections of septic tanks/domestic wastewater treatment systems to help identify systems that are not meeting the expected standard.
The basic standard expected for all domestic waste water treatment systems is that they do not cause a risk to human health or the environment.
A grant may be available to assist in carrying out remediation, repair or upgrading works to, or replacement of, a domestic waste water treatment system that serves a house. Grants are available, however, there are restrictions on eligibility under each scheme. Use the following link for details on all the schemes available:
One of the situations where a grant is available is if the treatment system serves a house that is situated in a High Status Objective Catchment Area. You can access the following link to check if you system is in one of the areas shaded green below using your Eircode:
The following criteria also apply:
- the treatment system requiring attention must have been registered by the owner by 1st February 2013, or in the case of treatment systems constructed or installed after this date registration must have been completed within 90 days of connection
- grants will not be paid towards the normal costs of ensuring a system is working properly, for example: maintaining, servicing or de-sludging a domestic waste water treatment system
The grant scheme is administered by Cavan County Council on behalf of the department, you should contact the Environment Section for further information. Email: environ@cavancoco.ie