Standards

Your Aquatiris Sanitation Garden built by you is indeed an approved system as soon as the Aquatiris expert declares it compliant upon completion of the work. That is why it is important to respect site support from an Aquatiris professional.

Regarding insurance, you will benefit from ten-year insurance on the design of the system as soon as you have the study carried out by an Aquatiris expert. This insurance does not cover the construction of the Sanitation Garden, since it is not installed by a network professional. Parts ordered from Aquatiris have a ten-year parts only warranty.

Yes, your Sanitation Garden is covered by the ten-year insurance (RCD) of the Aquatiris expert who designed your system (and of the Aquatiris installer who built it). In addition, the company Aquatiris guarantees the parts it supplies for two years parts and labour, extended to ten

Ten years for the parts of the Aquatiris kit (details on your invoice) and two years for the installation of these parts.

Each Aquatiris expert is covered by the Aquatiris network’s ten-year insurance. They are responsible for designing* the Aquatiris Sanitation Garden and the manufacturer inspection.

*site limitations, administrative limitations, installation, sizing, discharge, etc.

The Aquatiris installer is also covered by ten-year insurance. They are responsible for the execution of the work and undertake to create an Aquatiris Sanitation Garden® in accordance with our specifications.

In the event of self-installation, the private individual who carries out the work themself must follow the instructions given by the Aquatiris expert, and they must be supervised by a professional from the Aquatiris network (expert or installer), who will perform several site visits during installation. They benefit from ten-year insurance on the design of the Aquatiris Sanitation Garden *, but not on the installation of the system (as they do it themself).

In addition, Aquatiris supplies essential parts for the proper functioning of the installation.

These parts are guaranteed for two years parts and labour; warranty extended to ten years for the parts only. The self-installer benefits from the ten-year warranty on Aquatiris parts (parts only).

The wastewater treated by phyto-purification is ready to return to the natural environment. It must not be consumed under any circumstances. Nevertheless, it is possible to use it for underground irrigation in the ornamental garden.

The refurbishment work of the NCS installation is the responsibility of the seller. However, they may decide not to carry out the work and inform the buyer of such. The buyer can knowingly decide to purchase the property or not. Generally, there is a reduction in the price of the property for any work. The buyer then has one year to make the compliance upgrade.

When a dwelling cannot be connected to the sewage system, it is said to depend on non-collective sanitation. Individuals who own one of these dwellings have several obligations which were introduced by the LEMA law of 2006 according to several possible cases:

• • Presence of an NCS installation: it is essential to check that the system is functioning correctly. SPANC is competent in this field and gives an opinion on the compliance of the installation. An unfavourable opinion from the agent creates the obligation to refurbish within four years. The period is reduced to one year in the event of selling the dwelling.
  • Absence of an NCS installation: obligation to connect the dwelling to a sanitation system by following the guidelines established by SPANC. The choice of system depends on the technical constraints, the type of soil, local regulations and the owner’s wishes.

In the event of sale of the dwelling, the owner must, since 1 January 2011, annex the diagnosis of correct operation and maintenance of the installation, carried out by SPANC, to the promise of sale or, failing that, to the notarised deed of sale.

Choosing Aquatiris Sanitation Gardens gives you a strong argument. This innovative system does not require any emptying, has a lifespan of more than 40 years and blends perfectly into your environment.

There are two protocols to obtain approval:

• • The long protocol in demanding conditions (48 weeks)
  • The simplified protocol for CE marked systems (38 weeks in non-demanding conditions)

The Sanitation Garden is the only system to have passed the long protocol since the publication of the decree of 7 September 2009.

The results show that the Sanitation Garden (Roseaux Line and Iris Line) are both reliable and robust, obtaining a faultless result, even under difficult conditions of underload, shutdown and restart, 200% overload for four weeks, inoccupation stress (alternating days of shutdown and restart).

Aquatiris obtained several ministerial approvals and extrapolations (extension of approval to other sizes and materials) in 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2018.

Today, Aquatiris offers a wide range of Sanitation Gardens to adapt to all types of projects.

By choosing an Aquatiris, Sanitation Garden you are therefore opting for a system included on the list of regulatory channels which your SPANC (Public Service for Non-Collective Wastewater Treatment) can validate.

Consult the Official Journal:

Approval for the FV + FH sector (two filters) n°2011-022 mod03 and 2011-022 mod03 ext01 to 2011-022 mod03 ext19

Approval for the FV sector (one filter) n°2014-014 mod02 and 2014-014 mod02 ext01 to 2014-014 mod02 ext19

The sizing of an NCS system is not based on the actual number of occupants of the dwelling, but on its maximum occupancy potential.

The calculation rule adopted is therefore 1 population equivalent = 1 main room or even 1 PE = 1 PP4.

It is on this basis of calculation that the Aquatiris expert or the general design office will assess the necessary sizing for your home. The “main rooms” are defined as being those intended for living or sleeping, as opposed to “service rooms”, such as the kitchen, bathroom and utility room.

Non-collective sanitation brings together all the rules and systems allowing the treatment of wastewater from housing that cannot be connected to the collective sewage network. The systems treating wastewater from dwellings with a population equivalent (PE) of up to 20 are considered to be the heart of non-collective sanitation.

Beyond 20 PE, we more generally talk about semi-collective sanitation.