A Low-Maintenance Advanced Treatment Option for At-Grade Systems

Rick Tipple and Tammy Bovay, owners of RT Septic & Water Systems near Edmonton, Alberta, prefer to install at-grade systems and mounds in their service area in Sturgeon County. But when soil or site conditions dictate advanced treatment of septic tank effluent, they install AdvanTex wastewater treatment units from Orenco Systems. They settle on the Orenco units largely for their low cost of operation. “They’re inexpensive to run because there are no aerator pumps or other large consumers of electricity,” Tipple says. Orenco systems produce clean effluent, he adds, “and the cleaner the water coming out the back of the unit,