January 19, 2015

Reduce Reuse RecyclePhosphorus & Gray Water

Designed a solution to minimize the impact of Total Phosphorous and other Nutrients seeping into the Lake Watershed from Rural Residential Septic Systems by linking several New Technologies together achieving affordable solutions, creating awareness and providing homeowners alternative opportunities to ensure that effluent is not generating a negative impact on the environment and lead the way in Clean Water Stewardship

Alan Lietz C.E.T

Environmental Engineering Technologist

Water Treatment Subsystem System level (IV)

Water Distribution & Supply Subsystem level (II)

Wastewater Treatment Facility level (III),

Wastewater Collection System level (II)

Water Quality Analyst

Regulation’s

The Savings and Restructuring, Act 1995 (Amalgamation and Contracting out)

Sustainable Water & Sewage Act 2002 The Nutrient Management Act 2002 Environmental Protection, Act 2003

Clean Water Act 2006 Safeguarding and Sustaining Ontario’s water Act 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes

Basin Ecosystem 2007-10 Ontario Water Resources Act

Places to Grow, Act Bill 72 Ontario Opportunities, Act

Reduce Target Nurturance into the Lakes using new advanced Sewage Water

Treatment technology for Residential Use

Pilot Project (A)

Gray Water Reuse System (GWRS) reducing volume discharge to septic system implementing assistants chemical coagulation, Filtration by membrane or media application, Ozone & or UV disinfection all Power by Solar Energy System allowing for over flow protection from holding tank to septic tank. By introducing filtration and disinfection will expand the use of gray water. This will allow more than just toilet usage allowing the application to: lawn & garden watering. Car washing, laundry and possibly reuse back to showers & sinks.

Pilot Project (B)

Aerobic Treatment Unit System (ATUS) with the reduction of water to septic tank will need to be enhance with aeration to help microbe production along with introducing regulated approved chemical assistance for coagulation of Total Phosphorous (TP) and air striping of H2, CO2, NH3, H2S, and CH4 to septic bed and to further digestion of organics a small return activates sludge pump

Pilot Projects for Gray Water Reuse

Design of New Rural Four Season dwelling Noun Municipal

Retro Fit Existing New Rural Four Season dwelling Noun Municipal

Retro Fit Existing Cottage Summer occupancy

Identified Three Target Types of

Pilot Projects for Aerobic Treatment Unit System

Design of New Rural Four Season dwelling Noun Municipal

Retro Fit Existing New Rural Four Season dwelling Noun Municipal

Retro Fit Existing Cottage Summer occupancy

Gray Water Reuse System

Install Design

Underground Gray Water Storage Scepter: FOG, Sludge, Scum separation

Clarifier Chemical additive

Underground Cistern Storage

Membrane filtration

Disinfection with Ozone water treatment & UV watertreatment

Location of failed Leaching BedsWastewater System & Upgrade

Install Design

Inspect and identified problem leaching beds & verified with testing Observation of shore line Chemical & Microbe test Die Test Install sample D-Box & inspection pipes on each line BOD, CBOD, Suspended Solids, TP, Ammonia N Install ATU Install RAS pump “Minnie SBR” Install control box Install solar equipment Resample every week for 3 months

GWRSDisinfection by Ozone, UV & Filtration

For over 100 years, ozone has been known as the fastest, strongest and most natural disinfectant. It is 3000 times faster and 300 times stronger than chlorine, breaks down to oxygen, preserves healthy water minerals and has no consumables.

Low-cost, low energy systems with unlimited adaptability to any flow rate and water application - 1000 Liters for less than .05 cents.

Ozone will reduce 99% or destroy: Bacteria, Giardia, Crypto, E.Coli, Coliforms, Cysts, Viruses, Iron, Manganese, Lead, Sulphur/H2S, Medications, Pesticides, Chemicals, Odours, Tastes, Algae, Turbidity, Colours,

UV destroys the ability for any Microbe to Reproduce in a living system, But is important to know that UV works down stream of Filtration Unit! (re: 100% effective in removing all pathogens, Guardia-cysts, Protozoa - CryptosporidiumCombination filtration and disinfection has a very high effectiveness in removing and killing Cryptosporidium when used with chlorine dioxide and an absolute less than or equal to 1 micron filter (NSF Standard 53 or 58 rated "cyst reduction / removal" filter).

GWRS

Finial Polishing of water achieved by Carbon Water Filter System

Features & Benefits Drink, shower, bathe, and wash in filtered water — you’ll love it! Installs on main line, Filters all water through entire home This size system is ideal for estate homes with up to 10 bathrooms, homes with

high flow shower fixtures and small commercial applications Fleck 7000SXT backwashing control valve cleans and restores carbon media Structural Fibers Poly Glass™ Tank - 10 Year Warranty 9 cu. ft. (270 lbs) Coconut Shell Granular Activated Carbon Flow rate: 35 gallons per minute (GPM): Peak flow 35 GPM (limited by control

valve) Recommended Media Replacement Every 3-4 Years Removes chlorine, bad taste, Odor and chemical contaminants at lower flow

rates Maintenance Free System (periodic carbon replacement required) 24" x 72" Structural Polyglass Tank

FW-56SXT-1-GAC 4 - 5 GPM Whole House Backwashing Carbon Water Filter $699.00 FW-56SXT-1.5-GAC 7 - 8 GPM Whole House Backwashing Carbon Water Filter $799.00 FW-70-2-GAC 8 - 10 GPM Whole House Backwashing Carbon Water Filter $899.00 FW-70-2.5-GAC 12 - 13 GPM Whole House Backwashing Carbon Water

Filter $1,049.00

Large Backwashing Carbon Filters for Estate Homes Whole House Water Filters > Backwashing Carbon Whole House Filters >

Large Backwashing Carbon Filters for Estate Homes

H2O-70BW-S2-4LM 16 - 20 GPM Backwashing Carbon Water Filter System $1,995.00 H2O-70BW-S2-5LM 20 - 25 GPM Backwashing Carbon Water Filter System $2,295.00 H2O-70BW-S2-7LM 28 - 32 GPM Backwashing Carbon Water Filter System $2,695.00 H2O-70BW-S2-9LM 35 - 42 GPM Backwashing Carbon Water Filter System $3,195.00

GWRSSmaller Cottage application

S2Q-PA Sterilight® Residential 3 GPM Ultraviolet Water Sterilizer System $277.60 S5Q-PA Sterilight® Residential 6 GPM Ultraviolet Water Sterilizer System $349.00 S8Q-PA Sterilight® Residential 10 GPM Ultraviolet Water Sterilizer System $399.00 S12Q-PA Sterilight® Residential 15 GPM Ultraviolet Water Sterilizer System $499.00

SSM-17 Sterilight® Silver "PLUS" 3 GPM Ultraviolet Water Sterilizer System $589.00 SSM-24 Sterilight® Silver "PLUS" 6 GPM Ultraviolet Water Sterilizer System $715.00 SSM-37 Sterilight® Silver "PLUS" 10 GPM Ultraviolet Water Sterilizer System $795.00 SSM-39 Sterilight® Silver "PLUS" 15 GPM Ultraviolet

The most cost efficient & practical way to remove Total Phosphates (TP)

Installation of a Return activated sludge pump in aeration tank back to septic tank operated

once a week for 15 minutes.

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS & GWRS

ATUS

Aerobic treatment units are very widely used in some areas, such as parts of Texas research finds that studies show that ATU systems can work to a high level of treatment - in the 90% range compared with 40% treatment in a conventional septic tank

One website, www.toolbase.org which has some nice simple summaries of types of septic systems, cites a cost of $3200. to $5000. to install an aerobic treatment unit in conventional septic tank and drain field with proper inspection and maintenance.

ATU's can continue to provide effluent which has been treated better than by a conventional septic tank and drain field.

ATUS

Aerobic treatment units are very widely used in some areas, such as parts of Texas research finds that studies show that ATU systems can work to a high level of treatment - in the 90% range compared with 40% treatment in a conventional septic tank

One website, www.toolbase.org which has some nice simple summaries of types of septic systems, cites a cost of $3200. to $5000. to install an aerobic treatment unit in conventional septic tank and drain field with proper inspection and maintenance.

ATU's can continue to provide effluent which has been treated better than by a conventional septic tank and drain field.

ATUS

Control Total Phosphorous (TP)

Project will start at Targeting watershed residents who are experiencing eutrophication problems in nearby lakes and streams by making "improvement" to a Old and New conventional septic system and being “Proactive Rather Than Reactive” in the years to come by reduction of: (TP), Ammonia, Nitrate/Nitrite by minimizing high flows to septic tank by use of Gray Water Reuse System and reduction in Food to Microbe (FM) to the drainage bed.

ATUS Phosphorous removers for septic systems: Another variety of

consumer products is marketed for their ability to remove phosphorus from wastewater. These products are targeted at watershed residents who are experiencing eutrophication problems in nearby lakes and streams.

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for aquatic plant growth and limiting its input to inland surface waters can help curtail nuisance algae blooms.

Aluminum (as alum, sodium aluminate, aluminum chloride, and activated alumna), ferric iron (as ferric chloride and ferric sulfate), ferrous iron (as ferrous sulfate and ferrous chloride), and calcium (as lime) have been proven to be effective in stripping phosphorus from effluent and settling it to the bottom of the tank.

Note: An important side effect of this form of treatment, however, can be the destruction of the microbial population in the septic tank due to loss of buffering capacity and a subsequent drop in pH. Treatment processes can be severely compromised under this scenario.

ONTARIO MINISTRY - Ontario, Canada, Ministry of the Environment, "9.4.1 Class 4 Sewage Systems, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance," May 1982. See "Manual of Policy, Procedures, and Guidelines for Onsite Sewage Systems," Referring to Ontario Regulation 374/81 under part VII of the Environmental Protection Act, ISBN 0-7743-7303-2.

ATUS This will be achieved by “chemical assisted coagulating”

out TP in the septic tank therefore reducing over load of TP in the Septic Bed leaching out to the environment by doing so this will allow the De-nitrification micro organisms to flourish in the septic bed surmounting in an reduction of nitrates & nitrite resulting in a reduction of overgrowth Biomass that is causing an upset or restricting finial polishing of nurturance within the leaching bed restoring fields percolation rate into full area of bed zone. This in return will restore the function for evaporation and consumption of vegetation on land and allow the Septic Bed to polishing off of any residual nutrients like TP.

ATUS Conventional septic systems

Work in an anaerobic or oxygen free environment, promoting the growth of a black, sludge-like layer called the BioMat in the drain field. Drain field is a generic term that refers to: gravity fed and pressurized drain fields, mounds, trenches, cesspools, seepage pits, drywells and lagoons.

ATUS Leaching Field BioMat

Over time, the BioMat builds up and seals the ground and sidewalls of the drain field, preventing it from absorbing water discharged from the septic tank. This results in symptoms of septic system failure, including ponding, foul smell, sluggish toilets and drains, tank overflows and system back-ups.

ATUS Digest/decompose organic matter. In an anaerobic

environment, facultative and anaerobic bacteria can reduce retained organic molecules to soluble compounds and gases; including H2, CO2, NH3, H2S, and CH4. This digestion can significantly reduce sludge volume.

ATUS Leaching Field BioMatOver time, the BioMat builds up and seals the ground and sidewalls of the drain field, preventing it from absorbing water discharged from the septic tank. This results in symptoms of septic system failure, including ponding, foul smell, sluggish toilets and drains, tank overflows and system back-ups. Digest/decompose organic matter. In an anaerobic environment, facultative and anaerobic bacteria can reduce retained organic molecules to soluble compounds and gases; including H2, CO2, NH3, H2S, and CH4. This digestion can significantly reduce sludge volume.

ATUS Adding aeration

Will assist mixing of chemical coagulant and aid in the gassing of above soluble compounds and enriching the finial effluent with oxygen allowing the de-nitrification microbes to do their work Note: that regular facultative, anaerobic & aerobic bacteria produce by binary fusion in 30 minutes but de-nitrification microbes take 10 to twelve hours to reproduce That’s why it’s important for home owners to regulate what cleaning product are flushed to septic tank.

ATUS

ATUS & GWRS

Archived by:

Solar power SepticTank Aeration system Chemical coagulation Site pacific addition of mean cell retention time (MCRT) “Setting Tank” for settable of TSS Site pacific septic tank upgrade of Out Flow Filter Site pacific addition of splitter box or D-Box Site pacific addition of Inspection Pipes Reducing drain field BioMat constriction to return percolation performance Aeration by Physical Injection of leaching bed aggregate to pre-break up BioMat Camera pre filming and after construction filming On site field testing pre construction bench mark: analyses, which included BOD, TSS, fecal coliforms

(FC), (TP), (pH), Ammonia, Nitrite/Nitrate and continued monitoring for set period. Environmental audit of local land owners area Current systems audit Educating owner from old school system to new school system that requires Standard Operating

procedures “SOP” this is no different than managing your: Hot Tub, Fish Tank, Pool, or vehicle! Maintenance training program for home owner Contractor factory Maintenance Program Warranty Generated Finial Report for each upgrade to proposals to make this "improvement" to a conventional

septic system in the City of Kawartha Lakes (COKL) to assist in upgrading COKL building code specification of residential septic systems

Phosphorous removers for septic systems: Another variety of consumer products is marketed for their ability to remove phosphorus from wastewater. These products are targeted at watershed residents who are experiencing eutrophication problems in nearby lakes and streams.

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for aquatic plant growth and limiting its input to inland surface waters can help curtail nuisance algae blooms.

Aluminum (as alum, sodium aluminate, aluminum chloride, and activated alumna), ferric iron (as ferric chloride and ferric sulfate), ferrous iron (as ferrous sulfate and ferrous chloride), and calcium (as lime) have been proven to be effective in stripping phosphorus from effluent and settling it to the bottom of the tank.

Note: An important side effect of this form of treatment, however, can be the destruction of the microbial population in the septic tank due to loss of buffering capacity and a subsequent drop in pH. Treatment processes can be severely compromised under this scenario.

ONTARIO MINISTRY - Ontario, Canada, Ministry of the Environment, "9.4.1 Class 4 Sewage Systems, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance," May 1982. See "Manual of Policy, Procedures, and Guidelines for Onsite Sewage Systems," Referring to Ontario Regulation 374/81 under part VII of the Environmental Protection Act, ISBN 0-7743-7303-2.

How to identify & resolve issues from the “past”. How to implement improvements into the present & the

future.

Short term:

Prove; Pilot ProjectPlan; Develop Inspection, Identification & Monitoring PlanDevelop; Implementation PlanDO; Action Plan

Long Term:

Provide a store with new Technologies and Engineering Design Criteria, equipment & materials.

Education program Development of “Small Wastewater Facilitator Service” for Rural

Residential Area implementing planed amortization maintenance program.