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| Sewage treatment system ''Do's and Don't's' |  |
Sewage treatment units - what to do and not to do!
DO’S AND DONT’S of USING SEWAGE TREATMENT UNITS
DO try to stick to the same brands of cleaning products. Your unit will become quite tolerant to the brands you use.
DO use liquids instead of powders e.g. washing and dishwasher. Liquids are kinder to the bacteria in the unit.
DO spread out your washing through the week. Don’t have a ‘washing day’
DO consider washing with ‘Ecoballs’ * They work very well and contain no detergent or phosphates, great for your sewage unit (and for allergies)
DO take out a maintenance contract. Only let experts look after your unit!
* Ecoballs are available from www.ecozone.co.uk
DON’T throw any medicines down the sink/loo. Antibiotics will kill your unit.
DON’T empty large amounts of detergents and bleach down the sink/loo. If you have a ‘spring clean’, pour the buckets down your outside drains, as these are not connected to the unit.
DON’T allow anti-bacterial substances, (hand wash, DETTOX, etc) to enter the unit. These will KILL the unit. Apply the products with kitchen towels and throw them in a bin.
DON’T pour sterilizing fluids,
DO NOT pour milk or beer down the sink. The BOD of milk and beer is too high and the bacteria will suffer.
DON’T put sanitary items, nappy liners, baby wipes, cotton wool, etc. down the toilet. Cotton wool ‘shreds’ when wet, is very slow to degrade and blocks everything.
DON’T empty cooking oil down the sink! The oil will coat and smother the friendly bacteria in your unit
DON’T allow a ‘HOT TUB’ or ‘SPA’ to discharge into this unit! The volumes are too great and will flush untreated sewage through your unit. If chlorination is used, this will also KILL the bacteria in the unit
DON’T empty home-brew residues down the sink! Yeasts will take over your unit!
DON’T install a waste disposal unit. The unit would need to be three times the size to digest the additional organic waste produced.
DON’T connect a water softener outlet to the foul drains. The amount of salts involved will kill ALL the bacteria in the unit.
DON'T connect any surface water or roof drains to the foul system. The flows will be too great in wet weather.
DON’T ALLOW ANY UNQUALIFIED PERSON TO TAMPER WITH THE UNIT
some of the worst performing units we have seen have been 'cleaned' by their owners!
ALWAYS REMEMBER, A SEWAGE TREATMENT UNIT IS A LIVING, BREATHING COLLECTION OF ORGANISMS AND MUST BE RESPECTED AS SUCH
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