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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by vladjjj on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @08:09AM (#18398840)
Actually, a proper septic tank (according to EU regulations) has to be water-tight and be emptied regularly. Many beaches on the Mediterranean loose their health pass occasionally due to nearby overbuilding and improper septic tanks.
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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by jjeaff on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:53AM (#18407654)
That's not a "proper" septic tank. That's just a holding tank. The word 'septic' alludes to the fact that you are promoting putrefaction to decompose the contents.

RVs have holding tanks that must be emptied. Thus, they aren't called "septic tanks".

But I'm sure the term is used loosely.

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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by jjeaff on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @02:07PM (#18401365)
That's not the case in the US.
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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by TheMiller on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @02:52PM (#18401814)
At least, it's not the normal case in the U.S. We call that a "holding tank", not a septic tank.
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