The Soak Pit which is likewise called soakaway or soakage pit is a shut rectangular or round, concealed development with permeable or punctured dividers, which is associated with the essential treatment unit or straightforwardly associated with the washroom and surprisingly some particular sorts of the latrine.

Soak pit permits water to gradually infiltrate into the ground. Splash pit, which is fixed with permeable materials that give essential help to forestall the breakdown of the underground chamber, may likewise be utilized for the independent treatment of greywater (water from homegrown sterilization, such as showering and from kitchen regions).

It is quite possibly the most ordinarily utilized procedure to release modern and homegrown wastewater (after essential treatment) securely into the ground and even assists with the re-energize of groundwater.