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Soakaways in Secunda
Soakaway work in Secunda is mostly booked by owners of plots, farms and older houses where a septic tank is the only option. Share the number of people, the tank size and whether the ground is sandy, clay or rocky, so contractors serving Secunda and the rest of Mpumalanga can quote accurately.
Want to know more first? Our soakaway guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Septic tanks and drainage in Secunda
Secunda is a planned town built around the petrochemical plant, so most of its streets are on a modern municipal sewer. The septic work lies at the edges: smallholdings and farms toward Bethal, Kinross and Leandra, older sites around Evander, and contractor camps that spring up for plant shutdowns. Those sites use septic tanks, conservancy tanks and rented portable toilets with scheduled emptying. Highveld clay is slow to drain and the ground can stay damp after summer thunderstorms. Honey sucker operators work from Secunda and nearby Trichardt, and during major shutdowns tanker capacity tightens, so large sites do best to book early.
Typical soakaway requests in the area come from:
- Factories, mines, sites and events: pits for site offices, depots and ablutions, sized for the number of workers
- Smallholdings and plots: a larger pit or two linked pits on a smallholding with space but heavy clay soil
- Farms and game farms: building pits at homesteads and worker housing, kept well clear of boreholes and dams
- Restaurants, shops and offices: pits for rural shops, filling stations and restaurants that are not on a sewer
- Houses: a new or rebuilt soakaway for an older house whose pit has clogged or flooded
- Schools, churches and clinics: large pits for schools, clinics and churches, designed for heavy daytime use
- Estates and complexes: sizing pits for shared tanks on a complex, with a test report for the body corporate
Local tips for Secunda
In Secunda, the most common systems are conservancy tanks and portable toilets for shutdown camps, septic tanks on holdings. Operators and suppliers mostly work from honey sucker operators in Secunda and Trichardt. A useful tip: ask for scheduled pump-outs and a waste manifest if you run a contractor camp.
Soakaways usually means dig a pit, fill it with stone or fit chambers, for 2 to 3 m across, 1.5 to 2.5 m deep, check yearly, lasts 15 to 25 years. Ground in the area: slow-draining Highveld clay: soakaways stay wet after summer storms.
What to include in your request
- Number of people using the system and the tank size in litres
- Whether this is a new soakaway or a repair of an old one
- Soil type and whether a percolation test has been done
- Distance to buildings, boreholes, streams and boundaries
- Stone pit, rubble pit or chamber, if you have a preference
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Secunda and surrounds
Operators, contractors and suppliers on our network work in Secunda and surrounding areas, including Embalenhle, Trichardt, Evander, Kinross, Bethal, Leandra. Give the suburb, holding or farm name so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need someone.