Septic System Test Center Construction photos
July 9, 1999 photos:
July 23, 1998:
Lined Leaching Pit on south side undergoing construction.
First row of septic tanks installed and undergoing water seal tests.
Foundation of central collection return system.
BBP ETI Project Manager Tony Millham shows a pan lysimeter he just constructed.
July 29, and August 3 1998 photos:
George Heufelder of Barnstable County Health (top) will be jointly overseeing the operation of the facility and Tony Millham of the Buzzards Bay NEP (middle). Tony and George inspect daily the ongoing construction. Bottom photo shows one of three lined leaching pits after it has been partially filled in.
September 1998:
Co-operators George Heufelder of Barnstable County Health (left) and Tony Millham of the Buzzards Bay NEP meet onsite with Tom Jordan (right) of the NSF International (formerly the National Sanitation Federation) to discuss collaboration between the ETI Septic Test Center partners and NSF.
Our Trailer is now moved on site.
Other views of leach field and septic risers after backfilling and grading. Also shown is the electric panel being installed. The site has now been loomed and hydroseeded.
October 28, 1998:
The test center is complete, installation of new technologies is being scheduled.
January 1999:
The first Alternative Technology Septic System is installed at the Test Center: An “Eco-Ruck” system made by Ruck Systems Inc. of Falmouth, MA. The Eco/Ruck system modifies the leach trench architecture to achieve both nitrification as in a conventional leach trench, and denitrification. Seventy -five percent of the septic tank effluent is fed to a proprietary infiltration bed using man-made materials to increase aeration. Nitrogen removal (denitrification) is accomplished by introducing 25% of the septic tank effluent beneath the leach trench.
