Troubleshooting a septic tank? Is the ATU or a media filter working properly? Checking the dissolved oxygen is key to diagnosing performance.Dissolved oxygen (DO) is a measure to determine how much oxygen is in wastewater. DO is measured in milligrams per liter (mg/L) or parts per million (ppm). The three oxygen states in septic systems are aerobic, anaerobic and anoxic. The term aerobic is defined as having molecular oxygen (free oxygen, O2) as a part of the environment, or a biological process that occurs only in the presence of molecular oxygen. An anoxic condition is the absence of molecular oxygen, but
What’s Your Dissolved Oxygen?
When done properly, DO sampling can tell you a lot about the health of an onsite system.
Mar 15, 2016 | by Sara Heger |
