EN 12566 - Small wastewater treatment systems for up to 50 PT refers to a set of
European standards
European Standards (abbreviated EN, from the German name ("European Norm")) are technical standards which have been ratified by one of the three European standards organizations: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), European Committee for ...
which specify the general requirements for packaged and/or site assembled
wastewater treatment plants
Wastewater treatment is a process used to remove contaminants from wastewater and convert it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once returned to the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environmen ...
used for domestic
wastewater treatment for up to 50 PT (population total). The standards consist of the following parts:
[European Committee for Standardizatio]
CEN/TC 165/WG 41 - Small type sewage treatment plants (< 50 inhabitants)
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* EN 12566-1: "Part 1: Prefabricated septic tanks" specifies the requirements and test methods for prefabricated septic tank
A septic tank is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, or plastic through which domestic wastewater ( sewage) flows for basic sewage treatment. Settling and anaerobic digestion processes reduce solids and organics, but the treatm ...
units;
* EN 12566-2: "Part 2: Soil infiltration systems" is a code of practice defining design parameters, construction details, installation, and component requirements for in-situ constructed soil infiltration systems and does not specify any treatment requirements;
* EN 12566-3: "Part 3: Packaged and/or site assembled domestic wastewater treatment plants" specifies the requirements and test methods used to evaluate packaged wastewater treatment plants which are required to treat sewage to a predetermined standard;
* EN 12566-4: "Part 4: Septic tanks assembled in situ from prefabricated kits" is an execution standard specifying pipe sizes, loads, watertightness, marking, and evaluation of conformity for septic tanks assembled in situ from prefabricated kits and ancillary equipment;
* EN 12566-5: "Part 5: Pretreated Effluent Filtration systems" is a code of practise giving design parameters, construction details, installation, and component requirements for filtration systems receiving domestic wastewater from septic tanks;
* EN 12566-6: "Part 6: Prefabricated treatment units for septic tank effluent" specifies requirements, test methods, and evaluation of conformity for prefabricated secondary treatment units used for the treatment of effluent from septic tanks;
* EN 12566-7: "Part 7: Prefabricated tertiary treatment units" specifies requirements, test methods, and evaluation of conformity for a packaged and/or site assembled tertiary treatment unit.
See also
* List of EN standards
*European Committee for Standardization
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, french: Comité Européen de Normalisation) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Single Market and the wider European continent in global t ...
External links
European Committee for Standardization
References
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