Well it's that time of year again...  Phone calls regarding septic tanks and sewage treatment tanks to go in before it gets to wet.   Well this year the weather seems to have caught a lot of people out.  The wet weather in August has brought the water table up by far more than we would normally expect and we are already finding that some installations are having to be put off until the spring / summer of next year.

We took an interesting phone call today from Radio 2.  Steve Wright in the Afternoon runs an "Ask Elvis" question time slot.  Members of the public phone in an pose questions that Steve guarantees to get answers too...  This week it is all about sewage treatment for houses in the country.  What is the difference between a rotating disk system and an aerobic system...  Well lo and behold, nothing, they are both aerobic and will both do a good job on treating sewage.  The only problem is they won't treat the ammonia very well, a Biotank on the other hand will.  The follow up question was asking what type of tertiary treatment was best.  Reed Beds, peat filters or membrane filters...  Well, in my book I would not go for any of them.  Put in a system that produces an effluent that is clean enough in the first place to go to any watercourse.  Maintain it well and you will have no need for tertiary treatment.  Put it in a pond for even better results.  Ultra Violet is one of the best cleaning agents around.

Have a great day and just go and make sure your system is running as it should.

BTW.  Steve Wrights "Ask Elvis" spot is on Friday afternoon.