It is a common issue for wastewater treatment plants at motorway service stations to be undersized or overloaded due to increasing traffic, greater numbers of visitors or expansion of the facilities. Additionally, stricter regulations on discharge licensing by the EA may warrant an upgrade to an existing treatment plant to meet new higher effluent standards. Specific issues …
Nursing homes and care homes produce large amounts of sewage arising from the care of patients, and from staff activities. Many nursing homes and care homes are located outside of urban areas, and are not connected to the main public sewer. They must treat their wastewater onsite by using off mains drainage solutions, septic tanks …
Non-Compliant Septic Tank A non-compliant septic tank can seriously devalue the sale of your home. But what makes a septic system non compliant? You will find the answer in the General Binding Rules, which we have summarised here in an earlier blog post. Why is my septic tank non compliant? A septic system can be …
Now that pollution is at a critical level and has become a serious worldwide concern, we are becoming increasingly aware of how important it is to choose eco friendly and sustainable options as often as possible. We are less inclined to use single use plastics, are more likely to recycle, eat clean and choose solar …
A pump station refurbishment is required when existing equipment needs to be upgraded and repair or maintenance is no longer a suitable option. This can be due to a change in requirements or failure of the existing equipment. Depending on the requirements, upgrading a pump station may involve replacing a single pump, multiple pumps or …
A septic tank problem is something that most people have to deal with at a certain point. As experts in the industry, we come across problems with septic tanks quite often so here we list the most common ones and how to solve them. A bad smell coming from the septic tank Bad smells are …
If you have a new septic tank, or have bought a new home with its own sewage treatment plant, we’ve put together this quick guide on what not to flush down the toilet to keep your new system in top working order! Stating the obvious… Firstly, it’s important to understand what your new septic tank …
In this week’s blog post we cover the topic of tertiary treatment modules and compare popular units such as cocofilters, peat filter modules and filterpods. We will discuss what they are, what they do and why they might be specified in a site characterisation report by a site suitability assessor. What is a tertiary treatment module? A …
Fruit and vegetable processing plants generate large volumes of high strength wastewater that cannot be discharged without pretreatment. Fruit and vegetable process plant wastewater typically contains discarded fruits and vegetables, soil particles, fruit and veg pulp and fibers, cleaning agents, blanching agents, salt and residues of pesticide. In addition to that, processing onions and ready …
In this blog we aim to break down the General Binding Rules for small sewage discharges using a systematic approach. The rules differ depending on whether the sewage system you have or plan to install discharges to ground or discharges to surface water. The full list of rules is available here at the gov.uk website but …