Focusing on Water Treatment: Sewage Treatment Plants
The wastewater from toilets, bathrooms, kitchen and laundry appliances must be treated before it is safe to release into the environment. While cesspits and septic tanks have for centuries been the only solution, sewage treatment plants are now the preferred option as they work more efficiently and are better for the environment. In this blog […]
Focusing on Wastewater: Pump Stations
In this post, we take a look at wastewater pump stations: what they are, why they are needed and where they are typically used. What is a wastewater pump station and what does it do? A pump station in its simplest form is the combination of a holding tank and a pump system, used to […]
Focusing on Water Recycling – Greywater
First, what exactly is greywater? Well, it isn’t the same as rainwater because it has already been used once, hence the term recycling. In short ‘greywater’ (which can also be spelt ‘grey water’) describes water that has been used in showers, baths and washing machines – it is never potable (drinkable) but it can be […]
Effluent Bulk Storage Tanks
The definition of effluent is basically ‘an outflowing of waste liquid’. But rarely can liquid waste from farms and industry literally outflow directly into a watercourse, the ground, or even a soakaway drain. If not treated at source, there will be an environmental requirement for storage tanks for safe containment prior to collection by a […]
Private drainage systems – what’s the difference between cess pits, septic tanks, sewage treatment plants and pump stations?
Not everyone is on mains drainage. There are a lot of reasons why you might need a private water treatment system. But did you know that there are different systems depending on the circumstances? Cess pits In the most basic form, cess pits to store untreated waste are still permissible in certain circumstances, and are […]