Septic system treatment process

• US 20040129634A1
• Filed: 12/18/2003
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael J. Jungbauer
• Original Assignee: Michael J. Jungbauer
• Inventors: Jungbauer, Michael J.
• Granted Patent: US 6,942,800 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 210/614
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2103/002 Grey water, e.g. from clothes washers, showers or dishwashers
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2103/005 Black water originating from toilets
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 3/1242 Small compact installations for use in homes, apartment blocks, hotels or the like
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 3/342 characterised by the enzymes used
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 10/10 Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage

Abstract

Septic systems for home and commercial use can be built or upgraded to be less prone to failure by adding aeration equipment in septic tanks and drain fields, in order to ensure proper oxygen levels in the waste effluent in the septic tank and in the drain field to ensure a healthy population of organisms. The septic system may also benefit from the addition of organisms, enzymes or chemicals to enhance the benefits of aeration. Proper organism populations, in combination with proper aeration in the septic tanks and drain fields, will greatly reduce system failures, or restore failed systems.

Claims

1. A septic system treatment process comprising the steps of:

providing a septic tank for collection of effluent,

aerating effluent in a septic tank in the septic system to provide a dissolved oxygen level of from about 5 milligrams per liter to about 6 milligrams per liter,

providing a drain field adjacent the septic tank for receiving effluent therefrom, and

aerating the drain field with a plurality of aerator holes, each aerator hole having an aerator pipe therein, such that air is passively introduced in the drain field down to the level of the aggregate rock therein.

2. A septic system treatment process as in claim 1 with the further step of, adding a combination of organisms, enzymes, and nutrients to the septic system to increase the organism populations and their effectiveness in waste clean up.

3. A septic system treatment process comprising the steps of:

providing a septic tank for collection of effluent,

aerating effluent in a septic tank in the septic system to provide a dissolved oxygen level of from about 5 milligrams per liter to about 6 milligrams per liter,

providing a drain field adjacent the septic tank for receiving effluent therefrom, and

adding a combination of organisms, enzymes, and nutrients to the septic system to increase the organism populations and their effectiveness in waste clean up.