IMET® Technology Restores a Failing Residential Leach Field Without Replacement
A Maine homeowner restored a failing, ponded leach field without excavation or replacement by installing an IMET® Remediation Module. The system improved wastewater quality and rehabilitated the existing drainfield for less than half the estimated cost of conventional replacement alternatives.
Algae Recedes and Aquatic Life Flourishes Following IMET® Installation at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
IMET installed five biological reactors and planted floating islands in the zoo’s Australia exhibit pond, helping control algae growth and restore a healthy balance of aquatic life.
System Provides Complete Treatment Including High-Strength Waste from RV Park
A large RV park in northeast Ohio needed to replace a failing septic system while accommodating high-strength wastewater from dump stations, seasonal campsites, and park facilities.
An EPA-permitted wastewater treatment system was installed to treat the wastewater before dispersal through a drip irrigation system. The system successfully treats both the high-strength dump station waste and the park’s other wastewater streams, producing effluent suitable for soil absorption. The permitted treatment system is now fully operational and supporting the park’s seasonal campers.
IMET® Aerobic Biological Technology Increases Capacity in a Coastal City Wastewater Treatment Plant on Aegean Sea
Coastal town Karaburun, Turkey was struggling to keep up with seasonal tourism surges that overwhelmed its wastewater treatment plant.
IMET Treatment Modules drastically increased the WWTP’s treatment capacity without expanding its footprint, restoring the town’s Blue Flag beach status while producing clean effluent used to irrigate nearby olive groves. Over a 5 year period of operation using the IMET technology, no bio-sludge was disposed from the WWTP.
Failing Septic Tank Remediation and Residential Septic Leach Field Rejuvenation
A century-old home in Northeast Ohio faced a failing three-tank septic system and clogged leach field, with standing wastewater and strong odors. The county’s recommended fixes (a large sand mound or clearing a mature tree lot for a new leach field), would have dramatically altered the property.
Instead, IMET installed a single drop-in aerobic module in the second septic tank in under three hours. Within six months the septic system and leach field were fully restored, eliminating odors and pumping needs while achieving effluent quality below 10 mg/L BOD and 5 mg/L TSS.
Aerobic Module Rejuvenates Filter Bed and Eliminates Hydrogen Sulfide Odors
After 35 years of persistent odors, filter bed plugging, and yard ponding, Midwest homeowners found lasting relief with IMET® technology. Within two days of installation, hydrogen sulfide odors disappeared. Nine years later, the system continues to operate without odor issues, ponding, or septic tank pumping.
Eliminating Odor Complaints, Minimizing Pumping, Seeding Downstream Lines with Aerobic Microorganisms
A Caribbean resort struggled with severe odors and frequent pump-outs from its three-chamber grease interceptors.
After installing IMET Grease Modules in each chamber, odor was reduced to negligible levels and grease accumulation dropped so dramatically that pumping was reduced to occasional surface skimming.
IMET® Pre-Treats Camp Grease Interceptor and Seeds Downstream Septic System with Aerobic Microorganisms
At Chewonki (an internationally recognized environmental education nonprofit in Wiscasset, Maine), heavy grease loading from kitchen operations was overwhelming the site’s grease interceptor and septic system, creating thick bio-solids buildup and frequent pumping needs.
IMET installed two aerobic biological modules directly in the grease interceptor, rapidly breaking down fats, oils, and grease while seeding the downstream septic system with beneficial aerobic microbes. Within two days the heavy FOG layer disappeared, and since installation in 2021 the interceptor has sustained no FOG build up and required no pumping, while septic tank pumping frequency has been reduced by 50%.
Using IMET® Technology to Minimize Odor and Bio-Solids Buildup at an Ottawa County Pump Station
After installing an IMET system at Pump Station 50 (PS 50) in a prominent neighborhood in Ottawa County, Ohio, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) odor was significantly reduced to negligible levels. This is a major win considering the proximity of the pump station to residential homes and Catawba Island’s high tourist population in the summer. The organic mat that formed on top of the wet well disappeared, helping regulate the water levels and reducing how often it needed to be pumped.
The system delivered 80-95% reduction of CBOD5 in the wet well depending on the fluctuating residence time due to Catawba’s seasonal population changes.
Ottawa County reduced the amount of calcium nitrate sent upstream by 2,470 gallons, resulting in $6,700 in chemical savings from February to September of 2025.
IMET® Grease Modules at Ciragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul Turkey
IMET Corporation installed one of the world’s first commercially successful Fats, Oils and Grease or (F.O.G.) “drop in” wastewater treatment technologies at the world famous Ciragan Palace Kempinski Luxury Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. IMET Grease Modules (IGMs) provided a completely green solution to the significant odor issues and line plugging issues associated with onsite grease traps and lift stations at the hotel while providing the hotel with the opportunity to re-use its “grey water”.
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Wastewater Treatment Plants
IMET® Treatment Module (ITM)
Meets discharge requirements at all times
Minimal to no H₂S odor
Minimal to negligible bio sludge production
Space-efficient, modular treatment
Resistant to toxic shock
Reduced retention times
Small footprint
For new or existing wastewater treatment plants
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Residential Septic Remediation
IMET® Remediation Module (IRM)
Meets discharge requirements at all times
Minimizes pumping requirements
Eliminates bad odor (H₂S) to negligible levels
Remediates existing failing septic system
Recovers leach field
Potential reuse of treated water
Significant reduction of fecal coliform
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Grease Interceptors / Traps
IMET® Grease Module (IGM)
Eliminates bad odor (H₂S) to negligible levels
Minimizes or eliminates jetting and pumping
Accelerates the biological degradation of FOG
Eliminates build-up of FOG in downstream lines and lift station
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Lift Stations
IMET® Grease Module (IGM)
Eliminates bad odor (H₂S) to negligible levels
Minimizes or eliminates jetting and pumping
Continuously inoculates downstream sewer lines with adapted aerobic bacteria
Minimizes floating grease and maintains lines free of grease buildup
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Vault Toilets
IMET® Vault Module (IVM)
Reduction of H₂S odors to negligible levels
Minimize or eliminate pump truck pumping
Sustained biological treatment of bio-solids
Deployable both on and off grid
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NSF / ANSI 40 & 245 Systems
(ITM - Residential Septic)
BOD, TSS and Total Nitrogen reduction meeting discharge requirements
Minimal to no bio sludge production
Minimizes pumping requirements
Minimal to no H₂S odor
Highly diverse and large population of aerobic bacteria sustained within the module
