Membrane bioreactor system a fit for small drainfieldProblem: A three-bedroom home in Illinois was in need of a septic system repair. It had a 50-square-foot drainfield with a 50-minute-per-inch perc rate. This equates to a septic loading rate of 0.4 gallons per square foot per day, based on 200 gallons per bedroom, which is Illinois code. So, that would be 600 gallons per day.
Solution: A BioBarrier membrane bioreactor system with BihlerTech from BioMicrobics was installed by NET Excavation. The system’s capacity is 3.75 times larger than it technically needs to be. According to the maker, if this was septic effluent
