Gravel filter and drip irrigation package keeps owner in homeProblem: A homeowner located in Noblesville, Ind., was dealing with a failed lateral field on a typical septic gravity system. Surfacing sewage was becoming a health concern for the resident and his neighbors. The Hamilton County Health Department determined a secondary treatment system with a new location for the effluent disposal area was needed.Solution: A 450-gpd recirculating gravel filter combined with a timed-dose drip irrigation disposal package from Clarus Environmental was installed by a local contractor. The recirculating gravel filter has the treatment capability of less than 10 mg/L BOD5
