WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PRESENT SEWAGE & SEPTIC SYSTEMS?
Besides pit toilets, present toilet systems are either “sewered systems” or on-site “septic or mini-treatment systems.” Both are based on the principle of using water to transfer the “wastes” to a treatment system. Whether this is a septic tank just outside the house, or a sewage treatment plant 10 miles away, both must treat a large volume of raw effluent. This historical use of water to “cleanse” away the toilet wastes is where the first problem occurs. Raw sewage starts to break down by a process that utilises oxygen within the water. Once this oxygen has been used up, the breakdown of sewage is changed to microorganisms that perform anaerobic (non-oxygen) respiration. The byproducts of anaerobic respiration are nutrient-rich effluent and flammable methane and other foul smelling gases. This is the traditional smell associated with septic tanks and sewage treatment plants. In many cases around the world, untreated effluent is left to run down natural streams and rivers into lakes an
