It is common knowledge that where there is human habitation, there has to be water usage. It is often said that water is life and indeed it is. People use water for drinking, cooking as well as sanitation reasons. When living quarters or commercial spaces are cleaned, dishes and clothes washed, the wastewater has to be released safely into the ecosystem. This is only possible if the commercial building or residential home is linked to a proper wastewater system. This article will deliberate the benefits of hiring onsite wastewater management services.
When it comes to onsite wastewater management, one has to think of the best way to release the water from the building, direct it to the holding area where wastewater treated and finally the disposal of the wastewater. There is a lot of thought and skill that goes into wastewater management. This is the reason why homeowner need to rely on professionals to handle their wastewater. The location of the home, type of wastewater system, type of wastewater treatment and soil structure all determine the type and level of wastewater management to be applied.
Furthermore, waste management should be done safely, in line with industry standards and local authority laws and regulations. Only a qualified, experience, reputable and customer oriented wastewater management service provider can attain the required standards of installation, maintenance and repair of such a system. Such a service provider delivers high quality work at a reasonable rate. This saves the customer time and money because of the efficiency of the service provided.
There are three main wastewater systems that are commonly used for effluent management. This are the primary, secondary and tertiary wastewater treatment systems. As the names suggests, very minimal treatment is done at the primary treatment level. At the primary level, septic tanks and composting toilets systems are commonly used. This septic tanks separate the solid effluent from the liquid, fat and grease. This type of treatment does not rid the wastewater of contaminants. The wastewater can therefore be safely released into the environment through absorption trenches, amended soil mounds or absorption beds.
On the other hand, a higher level of treatment takes place when it comes to secondary and tertiary wastewater treatments. The secondary water treatment utilized an aerated wastewater treatment system – AWTS. This system is divided into several compartments which play diverse roles in the treatment process. The first compartment is similar to the septic tank which collects the wastewater from the house and separates the liquid and the sludge. The sludge settles at the bottom of this compartment while the scum and wastewater liquid is moved to the next compartment via an overflow.
In the subsequent compartment, the air is pumped in to allow natural decomposition of waste. The air enables bacteria to take their course and breakdown the waste further. Thereafter, the wastewater is allowed to settle in another compartment and any sludge that escaped the previous chambers is pumped out and back to the primary chamber. In the last stage the secondary treatment system use chlorine to treat the water while the tertiary system uses a complex membrane filtration process to treat water. This water can safely be released to the surface or subsurface of the earth especially for plant irrigation.