Septic Tanks - Sewage Treatment Tank Systems

Septic Tanks - Sewage treatment solutions - Packaged Sewage Treatment Systems - Bacteria & Odour Control Products.

Looking for septic tanks? If you are looking for a solution to your sewage treatment issues, or just interested, then you have arrived at the right place. For years we have been manufacturing, distributing and selling anything and everything to do with sewage. Whether it is just a straight forward septic tank or sewage treatment system or a full blown waste water treatment system that is designed to re-use the water for irrigation.

We have included a simple "How to do it" guide for your instruction:

"How to specify and install a sewage treatment system"

The next thing you need to do is to select one of the links below to take you to the broad area that interests you:

Septic tanks are the traditional method of dealing with "Off Mains" sewage. Sewage in its raw state is very easy to deal with. Bacteria love it. Anaerobic digestion in a septic tank is probably the most effective way of reducing sewage to its base components, methane and water along with a few smelly things like hydrogen sulphide. Aerobic digestion is a little more messy but is the method of choice for all the major manufacturers in the UK. It produces a lot more sludge that has to be dealt with. Carbon Dioxide and water are the main by products. Oxygen has to be supplied in vast quantities to keep the system going. All simple stuff if you have the right products. What often gets in the way of a system working are the other products that we put down toilets. Washing powders, detergents, paints, thinners, hand washes, hand wipes, sanitary items! If a system does not work there is generally a very good reason for it not doing so. Mostly we find that it is something else that has been put down the toilet that is causing the problem

Here at Biotank Ltd. we have been researching the sewage market for years. We have produced our own patented Biotank packaged sewage treatment system in the past. This we discontinued in 2006 and now concentrate on selling the "Best in Breed" systems for any particular type of treatment that is required. (We discontinued it due to the introduction of new European Standards. The Biotank system was an excellent treatment unit designed to the highest standards.)

Today, sewage treatment systems come in basically two varieties. Those that satisfy the commodity market, just treating to the required national standard, and those that treat to specific requirements of a site. This normally means that the first type is sold on price with very little advice given by companies like us. We make a margin on the sale that keeps us going. It is our bread and butter business. The icing on the cake business for us is where we get involved in larger more complicated projects. These require a larger amount of time working with the regulating bodies to ensure that the solution provided meets their requirements at a cost that the customer can afford.

Have a look around our site. You will find all sorts of information about sewage treatment and the products used to treat it. If you can't find what you are looking for give us a call. We are only too pleased to help you out.

Kills 99.9% of all known bacteria - 11 June 2010

Over the last couple of years we seem to have become obsessed with killing bacteria. Both on us and on our clothes. A recent study stated that 47% of people interviewed were concerned about bacteria on themselves and in the washing.

So what happens? Detergent manufacturers have more and more produced products that kill 99.9% of all known bacteria. Advertising campaigns during the Bird Flu campaign used this line to push products that do just this. Just recently we have Vanish coming out with a additive for your washing machine that is said to kill 99.9% of all known bacteria in your clothes.

Our question, and one that does not seem to be answered, is what happens when these products go into your septic tank or sewage treatment system that rely on bacteria to do the work of cleaning up the sewage and producing clean water to discharge to the environment.

Our company has tried to contact Vanish for an answer with no reply. We are seeing more and more systems poisoned through the use of products poured down the drain that affect the bacteria in the system.

If it says "Biocide" or "Kills 99.9% of Bacteria" on the can or box, do you really want it in your septic tank or sewage treatment system? Simple answer is no! There are many products that masquarade as safe products for a septic tank that do harm in aerobic sewage treatment systems. They are designed to a European standard that allows for them to be broken down in the septic tank in 28 days. This is of course no use in an aerobic treatment system where the product will pass completely through it in less than 2 days killing every bacteria on its way.

There are products that you really don't want anywhere near your system. Blobs that you attach to the toilet, blocks that you toss in the top of your toilet, liquids that you squirt all around the rim of your toilet and now additives that you put in your washing machine. Don't use them if you are on a septic tank or treatment system. They will do more harm than good.

Some domestic discharges become exempt - 13 May 2010

On the 6th April 2010 the Environment Agency made big changes to the way that Domestic Discharge Consents are dealt with. From that date all discharges have to be registered with the EA. That is all new ones and existing discharges that have not been previously consented.

If you want to discharge treated sewage effluent:

5 cubic metres per day or less to a river, stream, estuary or the sea from a sewage treatment plant, or
2 cubic metres per day or less to groundwater via a drainage field or infiltration system from a septic tank or sewage treatment plant,

you might be eligible for a free exemption rather than a permit.

There is now a 22 page document that you need to read in order to find out whether your discharge, either existing or new, will be exempt from Discharge Permitting. If it is then you can apply online for a free exemption.

To find out if your system is exempt please give us a call and we will explain all. Alternatively go to the Environment Agency website and read the full document.

Existing discharges that were previously consented (under the Water Resources Act 1991) and qualify for registration will be taken to be an exempt facility from April 2010 and will not need to be registered

Conder Clereflo ASP price reduction - 04 January 2010

In order to remain competitive with a VAT rate rise to 17.5% we have reduced our base price of Conder Clereflo ASP systems.

A 6 Person ASP system now costs £1,795 plus VAT delivered.

A 12 Person ASP system costs £2,295 plus VAT delivered.

Biotank washdown system accepted on ECA Water Technology List - 03 November 2009

The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, in his March 2001 Budget Report, announced support for business investment in environmentally friendly technologies under the Green Technology Challenge. This allowed for the introduction of a 100% first year Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme on water saving and water quality improving technologies.

Our Biotank Washdown system has been accepted on the list as a qualifying product.