Looking for a new wastewater treatment system for your house in France?
Tricel France, manufacturer of wastewater treatment systems
The company is part of the Tricel Group, expert in the construction industry.
The Tricel Group has factories in 5 countries and distributes its products to more than 50 countries. With 15 years of experience and 35,000 wastewater treatment systems installed in Europe, Tricel is one of the market leaders in Europe for sewage treatment systems.
Tricel established operations in France in 2011 opening a manufacturing site for wastewater treatment systems near Poitiers, in Vienne (86). A second production site opened in France in 2017 (Tricel Avignon), to reinforce the position of Tricel as the n°1 manufacturer of wastewater treatment plants in France.
Specialists in Assainissement Non-Collectif (ANC) and semi-collective up to 500 Population Equivalent (PE), we now offer a wide and approved range of wastewater treatment plants and compact filters to meet all the needs of individuals, professionals and communities.
Tricel France works with a network of exclusive partners composed of wastewater treatment professionals operating throughout France. Our network provides our customers with help & guidance in French administration governing the installation of new and replacement sewage systems, from the beginning of the project to after-sales service. All Tricel systems are installed and commissioned by our exclusive partners to guarantee quality and after-sales follow-up. A yearly maintenance contract is also available to our customers from our network.
Our wastewater treatment systems
Tricel Novo – wastewater treatment plant (micro-station d’épuration)
Simple – Robust – Reliable
A wastewater treatment plant is an optimal process, specially created for the main residences. This process allows the perfect management of your wastewater while being compact. Compared to traditional systems, the wastewater treatment plant is the ideal solution for wastewater with limited space or land.
Main key benefits:
- Footprint under 5m² (Novor FR6)
- One tank easy to move, install and maintain
- High-quality equipment
- Delivered ready to install
- Silent, no smell
- Low running costs
- Reliable, GRP structure
- Tracking, all installed systems are tracked in our system
- 20 years of warranty on the tank and 2 years warranty on electric equipment
- Agrément ministériel
Tricel Filtro – compact filter (filtre compact)
Ideal for holiday home (up to 18EH).
This range is based on compact filter technology. Your wastewater treatment is gathered in one tank. Running without power, this system is ideal for secondary houses. The use of coconut fiber filter is 100% natural.
Main key benefits:
- Compact, durable and ecologic
- Ready to install from delivery
- Run without electricity
- Maintenance limited
- Low emptying frequency
- No noise or smell
- Eligible for loan “éco-prêt à taux 0”
- Tracability, all installed systems are tracked in our system.
- 20 years of warranty on the tank
- Agrément ministériel
What are the distances to respect in France for your wastewater treatment system?
This standard was introduced to prevent all dysfunction of wastewater treatment and avoid all problems when the system is running.
This is all the distances to respect for an individual treatment system:
- The system must be installed at least 5 meters away from any construction.
- Must be installed at least 3 meters away from the property limit.
- Keep the plants and trees 3 meters away from the system.
- If the property has a well or any water collection system, it must be at a minimal distance of 35 meters of the wastewater treatment system.
- The system must be installed 5 meters away of any area where a vehicle can be parked.
The distance can be reduced in some cases, but this case must be justified. The best is to ask a consultancy office or “Bureau d’étude” in French to find a more suitable solution for each situation.
For more information about distances, you can read the standard DTU 64.1. It is the technical document of reference for all professionals.
Is it possible to derogate from this rule?
Although these minimum distances to be maintained are legal and must be scrupulously respected, there is still derogation from the rule. In fact, in some cases, the non-respect of distances can be allowed. Nevertheless, this tolerance is limited, and the owner must justify his intention to not maintain the usual distances. For example, we can justify the presence of a system which produces drinkable water for less than 35 meters of a well. Other distances can be justified as in the preceding example. To avoid non-compliance, the best is to contact an organisation as the SPANC which can advise you. Likewise, it is strongly recommended to entrust all installation or rehabilitation work to professionals.
Installing a Tricel wastewater treatment system by yourself
The ten-year guarantee (garantie décennale)
Calling on our partners is a guarantee of peace of mind. Indeed, our technical teams have worked on various non-collective and semi-collective sanitation sites as part of multiple projects: rehabilitation of farms, creation of guest rooms, construction of new houses, upgrading to high school standards, ports, etc.
The product guarantees will also be maintained at 100% if you call on our local technicians to commission your wastewater treatment solution.
If you want to install your septic tank yourself, you must take note of the following.
Warranties on Tricel products are maintained only if the installation:
- Sector study with soil analysis.
- The installation conditions of the structure comply with the user manual.
- Commissioning by an authorised Tricel technician.
- Validation of the installation by the SPANC.
- The conditions of use of the book comply with the user manual.
Warning
Please note that you must imperatively declare your installation to your insurance to subscribe yourself to the ten-year guarantee (guarantie décénnale) Indeed, suppose you sell your house before the tenth year of your installation, and a disaster occurs. In that case, you will be held personally responsible.
This warranty applies to work which is the work itself as defined in article 1792 of law n°78-12 of January 4, 1978, effective January 1, 1979 – Spinetta Law.
« Any builder of a structure is automatically liable, towards the owner or the purchaser of the structure, for damage, even resulting from a defect in the ground, which compromises the solidity of the structure or which, affecting in one of its constituent elements or one of its items of equipment, make it unfit for its intended purpose. Such liability does not arise if the manufacturer proves that the damage comes from an extraneous cause. »