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Water Softeners and Wastewater Treatment
Many communities are deciding to regulate water softener backwash discharge. In normal operation, salt-type water softeners discharge a large volume of concentrated brine every few days when the ion-exchange column is recharged.
Read MoreTextile Based Packed Filters
Packed bed filters (PBFs) incorporating naturally occurring treatment media such as sand and gravel have been used successfully for treating small to medium volume wastewater flows for decades.
Read MorePumps, Controls and Regulations
In many areas today’s onsite alternatives are required to provide higher levels of treatment than a standard septic tank drainfield system.
Read MoreMaintaining Advanced On-Site Systems
Regular, proactive servicing of onsite wastewater treatment systems optimizes the treatment process and reduces operation and maintenance costs.
Read MoreSubsurface Drip Systems as Applied to Onsite Effluent Disposal of Wastewater in California
Subsurface drip disposal (SSDD) of effluent was first used in Hawaii, Georgia and Texas. As summer rainfall areas, these soils in general are very different from those in California.
Read MoreWatertight Septic Tanks
The septic tank — a 150-year-old technology — is still the “heart” of virtually all onsite systems and most decentralized wastewater collection systems.
Read MoreDesign and Performance of Septic Tanks
More than forty million people in the United States currently use onsite wastewater disposal or decentralized sewerage collection and treatment that rely on septic tanks for primary treatment.
Read MoreThe Truth about Effluent Filters
Seperating facts from fiction when it comes to Effluent Filters for Wastewater Treatment. Learn the facts behind the science of these filters.
Read MoreAdvanTex® AX100 Installations
Commercial-Sized, Recirculating Textile Filter Solves Difficult Wastewater Problems. Copyright Orenco Systems®, Inc.
Read MoreAdvanTex® Treatment Systems Performance
Since 2001, the performance of AdvanTex® Treatment Systems has been tested in nearly a dozen different programs. Copyright Orenco Systems®, Inc.
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