Sustainable Land Development Today - November/December 2008 - (Page 24)

By Travis Glover Industry Spotlight TM Sustainable Land Development with Centrale Sewer Wastewater Treatment Systems Proven Technologies Centrale Sewer is a distributed, or decentralized, infrastructure for treating wastewater. It is a completely integrated system including collection, treatment and effluent dispersal and/or reuse. Wastewater collection may be accomplished with STEP (Septic Tank Effluent Pump), gravity or grinder systems; the treatment process may be AquaPoint BioClereTM trickling filter, AquaPoint LotusTM-ActiveCell® moving bed bio-reactor (MBBR) or AquaPoint IFAS technology, all of which use a fixed film treatment process. The treated effluent dispersal can be dispursed via subsurface drip irrigation, surface discharge to a water body or any one of many reuse applications. The Centrale Sewer System can be applied for wastewater treatment in any residential, commercial, municipal, institutional or industrial development. It is approved by EPA, EPD and other regulatory agencies and designed to meet local code requirements and treatment standards. It is easy to install, monitor, operate and maintain, while requiring minimal energy and only a small footprint. Most importantly, it is cost effective. AquaPoint Bioclere tanks arrive via ship in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Centrale Sewer™ is developed and distribTrickling Filter Technology was the uted by Southeast Pump & Equipment, most economical and met all the projInc., based in Atlanta, Georgia ect requirements. The BioClere Technology offered Case Study – Guantanamo Bay several advantages: modular design, The U.S. Navy chose AquaPoint Bio- small footprint, fixed film treatment clere Technology to address a problem process, low energy demand, and low at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Guan- life cycle cost. tanamo Bay, Cuba. The base had existing septic tanks at Centrale Sewer™ Benefits multiple locations and the wide-spread, I Protects the public health & the coral substrate would not allow proper environment percolation. Septic effluent was going I Conserves water resources into the harbor and coastal zones with I Build & Sewer Anywhere! very little treatment. This was unacI Is Cost Effective ceptable and the failing systems had to I Reduces Risks be upgraded to OEBGD (Overseas EnI Increases Home & Other Asset vironmental Baseline Guidance DocuValues ment) Standards. I Low Operating & Maintenance The estimated cost for installing, reCosts piping and building a new centralized, I Energy Efficient wastewater treatment plant was cost I Low Life Cycle Cost prohibitive so the Navy decided to explore alternative treatment options. The Navy’s engineering firm recom- Client Services Southeast Pump & Equipment, Inc. mended AquaPoint’s Bioclere Technology and a distributed sewer concept to provides project design assistance to the Naval Facilities Engineering Com- land planners and developers, design engineering firms, installing contracmand. The concept of using decentralized tors, utilities, and federal and local govtreatment made sense for this applica- ernment agencies. We promote Leadership in Energy tion. After reviewing Bioclere’s successful use in civilian applications and and Environmental Design (LEED®) Navy housing projects in New York Certification in working with owners, and coastal North Carolina, the Navy architects, and engineers to achieve a confirmed that the AquaPoint Bioclere sustainable design. SLDT 24 November/December 2008 Sustainable Land Development Today

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Sustainable Land Development Today - November/December 2008 Contents Our Voice Editorial Board SLDT Resources The BottomLine Go Forth and Tread Lightly on the Land It’s About Name Recognition Managing Risk in the Sustainable Building Frontier Industry Spotlight Achieving Sustainable Land Development Worthy of Recognition Stormwater Wastewater Erosion Control Innovation Classifieds Advertiser Index Last Word

Sustainable Land Development Today - November/December 2008

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