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This article is part of a series focusing on available technology to monitor septic system performance. As technology continues to evolve and...

This article is part of a series focusing on available technology to monitor septic system performance. As technology continues to evolve and...

This article is in a series focusing on new available technology to monitor septic system performance. As technology continues to evolve and...

Entry 424178This article is part of a series focusing on new technology available to monitor septic system performance. As technology continues to...

With the extreme cold weather over the last few weeks, freezing waterlines have been reported across the U.S. Water pipes that freeze...

Conventional soil treatment areas are designed to have an aerobic environment for the removal of organic material (BOD) and pathogens. This aerobic...

The majority of the nitrogen present in raw sewage is from urea and fecal material, although small amounts are found in some...

Removing pathogens is the most critical part of wastewater treatment. Pathogens are organisms that cause disease; they include viruses, protozoa and bacteria....

Phosphorus is a chemical element and nutrient essential for all life-forms. Organic phosphorus is formed primarily by biological processes, and its sources in sewage...

FOG (fats, oils and grease) is a constituent of sewage, typically originating from food stuffs (animal fats or vegetable oils) or consisting...

Chemical oxygen demand is a measure of the amount of organic matter oxidized by a strong chemical oxidant. COD is used to...

TSS is the most common measure of the amount of solids, both organic and inorganic, in wastewater effluent. Raw wastewater has a...

Entry 424223 Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) is the most widely used parameter applied to wastewater. It’s a measure of the dissolved oxygen required by microorganisms...

Currently, there are two small-flow membrane bioreactors actively marketed for U.S. residential septic system applications: Bio-Microbics BioBarrier and the BUSSE GT system. These membrane...