System Provides Complete Treatment Including High-Strength Waste from RV Park
Published in Onsite Installer
Problem:
A new owner of an RV Park in northeast Ohio was challenged with replacing the existing outdated, failing septic system. The park has a peak load of 258 seasonal campsites, 22 transient RV sites and 24 primitive sites. The high-strength blackwater waste was being serviced through an onsite dump station collection system. The showers, the manager’s home and the office were all being treated through the same system. The owner was also tasked with planning for new, centralized lavatories and showers for the RV park to be connected to the new wastewater treatment system.
Solution:
The Potter’s Company designed a wastewater treatment system employing the IMET® aerobic packed bed media biological reactors for complete treatment to discharge into a drip distribution system for soil dispersal. The reactors are first used to treat the high-strength waste from the dump stations. Treated effluent from the dump stations is then mixed with the waste from the manager’s home, office, new lavatories and showers in a flow equalization system to manage peak loading. The reactors are then used to complete the treatment of the wastewater to levels below 30 mg/L for safe soil absorption.
Result:
On Feb 6, The EPA-permitted wastewater treatment system went into successful operation. The park is open to seasonal campers and fully operational. On a recent visit to the site, dip samples were taken through the treatment train, as seen in the inset images.
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