Onsite treatment in areas around lakes and watersheds can get tricky. Typically, those areas require that effluent be treated to very high standards that few treatment systems can meet. Norweco believes its new treatment package, the Hydro-Kinetic Green, is up to the challenge.

The treatment system employs hydrokinetic filtration technology to produce clean, consistent effluent quality. Developed to serve homes and small businesses away from city sewers, the system uses extended aeration and attached growth processes to treat wastewater, and it has nitrification-denitrification technology.

Listed by the most stringent wastewater certification in the world, it quietly, efficiently, and automatically pretreats, aerates, flow equalizes, and filters all wastewater, returning pure effluent back to the environment. In independent testing, the system achieved an effluent quality of 3 mg/L CBOD, 2 mg/L TSS, with a 67 percent reduction of total nitrogen. With the addition of the Phos-4-Fade filter, the system achieved effluent results of 0.14 mg/L total phosphorus.

“Those type of results make it a great fit for homes on the water or in watershed areas,” says Annette Simon, the company’s administrative services manager. “It is going to work in restrictive areas where a homeowner may have few choices. It can solve a lot of problems.”

All treatment processes are managed by reliable components and user-friendly controls, according to the manufacturer. The integrity of the treatment process is protected by a nonmechanical, demand-use flow equalization device, as well as the Hydro-Kinetic Bio-Film Reactor, which provides final treatment of the wastewater. As liquid flows up through an attached growth filtration media, final polishing takes place, ensuring only high-quality effluent is safely returned to the environment.

Contained in a heavy-duty, UV-protected polyethylene tank, the treatment system weighs less than 1,275 pounds. The internal and external ribbed design assures long-term tank integrity and minimizes the potential for tank damage due to careless pumping or hydraulic forces. The ribbed-arch shape of the tank allows for the use of most native soils for backfill and minimizes the need for water during the installation process.

“We feel this product is ahead of the curve, actually cleaning to higher levels than what is typically required,” Simon says. “This is where we believe the industry is headed, though. Regulations are only going to get more strict.”

800-667-9326; www.norweco.com.