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WEXCO - Alpha Onsite Treatment Systems
Originally designed for commercial septic systems and then re-engineered to accommodate residential fixtures, Alpha Onsite Treatment Systems treats wastewater inside a septic system with waste-eating biofilm that move throughout the water of a septic system.
Bed
Biological
Reactor
- Buoyant carrier elements are placed in a tank or tanks in volume to match the treatment requirement.
- Compressed air is delivered to a header system near the bottom of the tank.
- A biofilm grows on those carrier elements, which then move throughout the tank.
- As air passes through the water and past the media, the wastes in the water act as food for the biofilm.
- The carrier elements are self-cleaning.
- A retention screen is placed at the outlet of the reactor to keep the biofilm elements that have just consumed the toxins in the reactor.
- Cleaned water is discharged while settled biological solids are occasionally returned to the primary solids separation zone (septic tank) for routine disposal with primary settled solids.
Alpha Nitro systems utilize multiple aerobic stages of treatment to remove BOD and fully nitrify waste streams to any nitrogen limit needed.
Originally developed in Europe, the Moving Bed Biological Reactor (MBBR) process is marketed worldwide as a wastewater management system that extends the life of a septic system. MBBR is especially suited for high-strength waste and nitrogen removal applications including:
- Restaurants
- Convenience stores
- Truck stops
- Industrial pretreatment systems
Other prime applications include: single family homes, mobile home parks, condominiums and apartment complexes, cluster homes in subdivisions and similar applications including sites that require ammonia removal or denitrification.
