Aerated batch reactor saves homeowner thousands
Problem
The Clermont County (Ohio) Health Department discovered effluent surfacing from a failed drainfield and required the homeowner to enter the county’s Sewage Nuisance Abatement Remediation Plan. Step 1 includes measures property owners must take to eliminate the failure by assessing the septic tank’s structural integrity. Step 2 conserves water to reduce hydraulic loading. If both fail, successive phases add flow control, pretreatment or both. The final phase modifies or replaces the drainfield.
Solution
The contractor installed a new septic tank, then recommended an effluent pumping system to a modified mound drainfield for more than $20,000, beyond the
