Potable water sources are being exploited worldwide; water tables are dropping at drastic rates, causing wells to run dry, saltwater to intrude inland and leaving an increasing number of people without reliable sources of life-sustaining water. As populations continue to grow and shift, it is imperative for all aspects of the water cycle to be optimized for sustainability.
Is it possible to attain a high level of treatment and disperse wastewater within the same footprint? The use of combined treatment and dispersal (CTD) solutions enables you to do this in applications as small as single-family residential homes to larger commercial treatment systems.
How quickly can I get to a decentralized wastewater treatment plant design when scoping out a new commercial project?
Approximately one in four American households rely on some form of decentralized wastewater treatment system. The impacts of non-existent or malfunctioning systems can include illness, and environmental degradation in communities. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) provides financing resources for upgrading decentralized wastewater treatment systems throughout the United States.
Biomat has often been referred to as a “progressive failure” of the drainfield, but it is quite the opposite. Biomat is part of the drainfield’s maturing process and plays a crucial role in its ability to evenly distribute and properly treat effluent.