Directory List of Alternative Septic System Products, for wet sites, steep sites, rocky sites, limited space, and other difficult site conditions.

This chapter provides information about alternative septic system products such as aerobic septic systems, septic filters, gravelless septic systems and other products for onsite, wastewater management. Alternative onsite wastewater disposal system products can reduce the soil absorption area or leach field size requirement substantially and can in fact in some cases reduce the needed area to zero.

Alternative Onsite Waste Disposal (Septic System) Materials & Products

Some of these alternative septic system products can produce effluent which is more sanitary than the groundwater in the area where the effluent is being discharged. For problem sites where space or soil conditions make it difficult to install a conventional leach field these designs are very important alternatives.

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Readers should also see our SEPTIC SYSTEM & PRODUCT SUPPLIERS for basic septic system compnents like septic tanks and pumps.

AEROBIC Septic System ATU SUPPLIERS

A list of suppliers of aerobic septic system equipment is maintained

at AEROBIC SEPTIC TREATMENT UNIT SUPPLIERS for a list of aerobic septic system treatment unit suppliers. Aerobic Septic Systems - Aerobic Treatment Units or ATUs are discussed in detai

l at AEROBIC SEPTIC SYSTEMS, ATUs A Design Alternative for Difficult Sites

Alternative Septic System Product Suppliers

• ALTERNATIVE SEPTIC PRODUCTS provides at Directory of Alternative Design Septic Product Suppliers
• Advanced Septic Treatment Systems, Inc, Sedro Woolley, WA Tel: 360-856-0550 , email: SalesTeam-at-trd1000.com - TRD-1000 aerobic treatment system unit. Quoting:
  
  The TRD-1000 revolutionized the concept of a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) for small flow wastewater treatment installations.
  
  The drop-in packaged treatment plant is easily installed in less than a day and produces a quality effulent that exceeds NSF Treatment Standard 40.Certified in 1998 by NSF International to meet all requirements of the Standard 40 testing protocol, ten years later (2008) the TRD-1000 was retested and certified to Standard 40.
  
  The system continues to surpass NSF Standard 40 and all other ATU's in it's effulent quality.
• American Wastewater Systems aerobic treatment units
• Anua Puraflo Company, Anua International, P.O. Box 77457 Greensboro, NC 27417 USA Phone 336-547-9338Website: https://anuainternational.com/ - Peat Biofilter septic systems -
  
  See PEAT SEPTIC MEDIA FILTERS for details including manuals
• Better Than Septic, manufactures and distributes the amazing NSF-Certified AquaKlear treatment system (aerobic treatment system) for property owners throughout California & Hawaii. Better-than-Septic, 1141 Catalina Dr. #125, Livermore CA 94550, Tel: 844-224-2782, Email: jacque@betterthanseptic.com, Certified Wastewater Treatment System Inspector (NAWT) & Certified Wastewater Treatment System Installer (NEHA)
• BioNest biological filtration for wastewater treatment using a microbial culture fixed to a non-biodegradable media. Underground system.
• Bord Na Mona Environmental peat bio-filtration systems
• Cajunaire Wastewater Treatment Systems, 500 gpd to 1000 gpd ATU systems, aerobic sprinkler systems, wastewater pumps, wastewater disinfection systems including chlorination and UV light: from H. E. McGrew, Louisiana
• Clivus Multrum wastewater treatment/disposal systems include their composting toilet and greywater irrigation systems
• Consolidated Treatment Systems including suspended media treatment systems, aerobic wastewater treatment systems, and reactor vessel wastewater treatment systems.
• Delta Environmental low pressure sewer systems (for example to pump and treat wastewater up and away from lakefront properties) offers grinder pump systems and related products
• Ecological Tanks manufactures four-chamber (Pretreatment, Aeration, Clarifier, Pumping) Aqua Aire Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Units and Aqua Safe Aerobic Treatment Plants in both fiberglass and concrete to NSF 40 Standards
• Environment One grinder pump sewer systems for difficult sites and capable of pumping against high head pressures.
• Hoot Aerobic Systems including ATUs, blowers, controls, disinfection systems, and wastewater treatment monitoring systems. Louisiana.
  
  See details at HOOT AEROBIC SEPTIC TROUBLESHOOTING
• Industrial Odor Control, 6 Jacobs Road West Milford, NJ 07480 US Phone: 973-846-7817 Website: http://www.industrialodorcontrol.com/ Contact: Andrew C. McGibbon Email: amcgibbon@industrialodorcontrol.com
  
  Odor detection & odor control equipment & systems including hydrogen sulfide gas detection sticker, septic odor filters, &c. Website Excerpt: Our main focus is in municipal wastewater odor control caused by hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas emissions.
  
  Our primary product line for this purpose is the Wolverine Brand Industrial Vapor Phase Adsorbers. More commonly known as odor scrubbers or air scrubbers, our standard units range in flow rates from 0 to 700 CFM with larger air scrubber systems available as special order.
  
  As a full service odor control supplier to the wastewater industry, we also carry a line of passive vent and low flow air scrubbers, manhole filters and inflow protectors.
• Malibu Water Resources provides the Koenders Aerobic Aerator along with a diffuser. - Website: http://www.malibuwater.com/AerobicSeptic.html
• MicroSepTec offers the "EnviroServer" which, depending on the system size, treats 600 to 2500 gpd. of sewage. This is a a packaged wastewater treatment system comprised of a "hybrid fixed film-suspended growth extended aeration wastewater treatment system with a two stage biological process to optimize denitrification"
  Check out their animated explanation of how this system works.
• Norweco: Singulair aerobic systems, Modulair packaged wastewater treatment systems, total nitrogen treatment systems, wastewater treatment controls, wastewater and graywater filter systems,effluent pumps, pumping stations, dechlorination tablets, disinfection systems, other products
• Orenco Systems: effluent pumps, advanced treatment units, sand filters, recirculating sand filters, shallow gravelless systems, wastewater treatment monitoring systems
• OSI, Inc., 814 Airway Ave., Sutherlin OR 97479-9012 541-459-4449 Sand filter kits, pumps, and control systems, design specifications. 
• Piranha septic systems use an aerobic bacterial generator placed directly into the septic tank and a patented bacterial culture. [I question the claim by this company that septic tank pumping is eliminated.]
• Pro Flo Areobic septic systems says that their system is "capable of turning regular household sewage into a clear odorless liquid within 24 hours"
• South Texas Environmental sells various types of septic pumps including aerobic air pumps for aerobic septic systems, other pumps, aerators, diffusers, control panels, and compressors.
• Pond Expo Alita brand aeration pumps for ponds and other aeration systems
• NSFInternational, The Public Health and Safety Company, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, maintains a list of wastewater treatment unit manufacturers and may offer other products and advice for ATU's and other onsite wastewater treatment methods.
• Solar Air, National Wastewater Systems, Inc., National Wastewater Systems Inc 6754 Hwy 90 E Lake Charles, LA 70615, USA, Tel: 337-439-0680, Website: http://solarair.biz/ Email: farmconstruction@hotmail.com.,
  
  Excerpts from the company's website: Home Aerobic Systems, serving Southwest Louisiana, Southeast Texas, Nationwide
  
  We are looking for dealers in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. We have two licensed installers in the state of Illinois. We design residential and commercial aerobic systems that meet the legal requirements and needs of the household or business the septic system will be serving.
• Tafgard soil based wastewater treatment systems - developed in Japan by Taisei Kogyo Co., Ltd.
  
  this system uses a combination of a five-chamber waste treating septic tank designed by Taisei, effluent disposed-of by an evaporation-transpiration system through aerated soil (effluent spread horizontally and upwards from distribution piping).
• Waterloo Biofilter Systems, Inc., 2 Taggart Court, Unit 4, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6H8 Canada 519-836-3380, Modular biofilter units, design, and installation.
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Septic Effluent Distribution Products

• Geoflow subsurface drip systems offer uniform effluent distribution and piping clog resistance for placing clarified effluent into an absorption system.
• Tafgard soil based wastewater treatment systems - developed in Japan by Taisei Kogyo Co., Ltd., this system uses a combination of a five-chamber waste treating septic tank designed by Taisei, effluent disposed-of by an evaporation-transpiration system through aerated soil (effluent spread horizontally and upwards from distribution piping).

Septic Tanks & RV Holding Tank & Toilet Deodorants, Treatments, Cleaners

• Coleman Corporation, provides a wide range of camping equipment including Coleman Holding Tank Deodorant Products & Coleman Portable Flush Toilets [Instruction Manual] - web search 08/27/2010, original source: http://www.coleman.com/coleman/images/pdf/2000001533.pdf
• Elsan Limited, Bellbrook Park, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 1QF, England. Telephone: +44 (0) 1825 748200. The company produces chemical toilet sanitation and hygiene products for caravanning, camping and boating. Quoting from the company's website: web search 08/27/2010, original source http://www.elsan.co.uk/about-elsan.html
  While Elsan Blue toilet fluid exceeds British and European Standards BS:EN 2893:2005, no other brand even claims to comply with them.
  ... because it is biodegradable and free from harsh chemicals, [Elsan organic toilet fluid] can be safely emptied into a septic tank.
  Technical data requested by email to Elsan: 8/27/2010 - DF
• Marykate Heads Up holding tank deodorant [MSDS], web search 08/27/2010, original source for the Marykate Heads Up deodorant MSDS
  http://www.crcindustries.com/marine/content/prod_detail_print.aspx?PN=MK4532
  Marykate products appear to be produced by CRC Industries,
• Thetford Corporation, 7101 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, Tel: 1-800-543-1219, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1285, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 web search 08/27/2010, original source: http://www.thetford.com/Home/Products/ChemicalsCleanersHome
  /AquaKemLiquidTossInsandDri/tabid/122/Default.aspx Quoting from the company's website:
  [Aqua-Kem Products are] 100% biodegradable liquid and environmentally safe when disposed of properly
• Septic Tanks - Polyurethane plastic FRALO "makes the world's strongest poly septic tank with a 50 year guarantee!" www.fralo.net
• Septic Tank Heaters In some places it may be necessary to keep a septic tank warm to work properly. HST has a new low voltage heater that is attached to the outside of the tank. [Thanks to Neil Grosz for this tip.]
• Tafgard soil based wastewater evaporation / transpiration system by Taisei Kogyo Co., Ltd., Japan. Contact Shuichi Sato, Manager of Taisei Kogyo Co., Ltd., 15-36 Yonehara 6-chome, Yonago, Tottori, 683-0804 Japan Tel. +81-859-32-1135 Fax. +81-859-34-0933, info@taisei-wastewater.jp
• Tipton Environmental International developed a high efficient wastewater treatment system that will produce the quality of effluent our environment requires. This effluent can then be used for garden water, irrigation, gray water systems or many other applications.


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