Your Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Plant is a "living" machine that houses a micro-organism bug colony that consumes organic waste naturally and efficiently. These micro-organisms require oxygen and the appropriate "food" (organic waste devoid of toxins) to survive.

You should practice the following
    "Do's and Don'ts" to effectively
        care for your "living"
            wastewater treatment plant:

• Medicines: If anyone in your household takes strong medicines, for any length of time; antibiotics, chemotherapy or other, the health of your "bug colony" may be jeopardized. Please inform us first and we'll take necessary counter measures, such as adding bacteria.


• Do not dispose of grease, fats and oils.


• Do not dispose of pesticides, herbicides or other toxins.


• Use the garbage disposal sparingly. Food waste, grease, etc. should be disposed of in the solid waste bin. Food waste represents additional loading the Aerobic Treatment Unit would have to digest, increasing pump out intervals.


• Do not dispose of paints, household chemicals, auto fluids, or discard floor mop water into the system.


• Do not dispose of non-biodegradable items such as cigarette butts, disposable diapers, condoms, feminine hygiene products, hair, coffee grounds, paper towels, bandages, etc.. This will cause pump failure.


• Spread wash loads out over the week. Your aerobic system needs four hours to recover from one wash load. Never use detergents with "built-in" bleach.


• Do not dispose of citrus products: oranges, lemons, grapefruit, etc..


• Do not use drain cleaners or additives for septic systems like "Rid-X" or similar products.
  These are made for Septic Systems, not Aerobic Systems.


• Do not connect other water sources to the system.


• Water softener discharge kills the micro-organisms in your aerobic treatment system and/or causes excessive water loading.


• Do not dispose of alcoholic beverages or home brewery waste.


• Do not dispose of strong disinfectants such as Pine-Sol, Clorox, or Lysol. Anti-bacterial soaps should be avoided.


• Never use Tidy Bowl or other automatic toilet bowl cleaners.


• The use of pool chlorine in aerobic systems is a Violation of Federal Law.


• Pool chlorine will deteriorate the coating off of all the wires and possibly cause corrosion in the control box. It can be explosive.

LIST OF THINGS TO DO:
• Do use detergents that are low-suds, low in phosphates, and biodegradable with washing soda ingredients. Fabric softener dryer sheets are recommended.


• Use cleaning products that are non-chlorine, non-toxic, biodegradable, and non-corrosive.


• Improper or excessive loading will result in costly and more frequent pumping out of sludge from your aerobic wastewater treatment system.