I've often wondered about the septic system in DR.
I've notice alot of houses on 300m2 (just over 3000 sq feet) and I wonder where do septic system goes, where does the pool goes, back yard space?
Whoa!
In Providenciales, we don't have a city septic. Even individual house have thier own waste management. We use a system call Klagaster, a newer system to the island, which works like a centrifuge and with a reducing agent will which produces alot of water to be re-used for irrigation purposes. This is especially in providenciales for landscaping because it is relatively dry here often not raining more than 30 minutes when it do rain.
The older septic systems were concrete structures with a drain field
The minumum sized lot that people suppose to build on in providenciales is 0.25 of an acres (just over 10K sq' or 1000 sq meters) however there are people who've built on less land in some of those densed, less desirable areas.
We have strict setback being no less than 20 feet from the road, and no less than 10 feet from the other sides of the property. In the case of waterfront property no less than 40feet from the vegetation line and 60 feet for beach
It would be enlightening to know more about how the septic system work there in the DR on properties with small amount of land area, and what are the setback for building?