Back G. S. Kozawa1, A. Bonifacio2, F. Bonifacio2, S. Boifacio2 and K. Rasmussen
EM Technologies, Inc. Tucson, Arizona, USA1 and
Frank Septic Service Inc. USA2
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Abstract
In Pacific Coastal States, especially in State of California, there is
a subtle migration of families to suburbs as there is an influx of emigrants
to the metropolitan areas. In this movement of people, population of small
towns and cities are increasing. Few small towns are preparing for the
increase. This increase helps the tax base but it places overloading problems
on the sewage treatment plant. Many are overloaded and needs new facility
to deal with the increasing waste. Due to stringent environmental laws
in California, it is a very difficult proposition to expand a current site
or build a new site. However, EM technology can alleviate overloading of
waste without outlay of huge expenses to improve the present treatment
sites. On the other hand, many other communities depend upon household
septic tanks to alleviate pressure on centralized treatment facility. However,
this too becomes a problem for the sewage treatment center. Septic tanks
are pumped once in three to five years to maintain them. This septage is
delivered again to the sewage treatment facility. Again, this contributes
to the overloading problem. The tipping fees that the septic service vendors
pay are huge and their operations become very expensive. In United States,
a quarter of 109 million housing units has septic tanks. Of 25,635,000
septic tanks, 24,115,000 units are year around occupancy and 1,521,000
are seasonal occupancy. Then, in the year around occupancy, 22,296,000
are "occupied" and 1,819,000 are "vacant". Furthermore,
85% ("occupied") are owned and 15% are rented. In the central
cities, there are 584,000 units; in outside major suburban area (rural),
there are 11,364,000 units; and in the suburbs, there are 12,167,000 units.
Just imagine the number of breakdowns per year. However, EM has begun to
resolve this issue for one community. EM can remediate a septage (domestic
wastewater and sewage) in three to four days into so call "dirty water."
Upon official inquiry to State of California Water Quality Board, EM is
not a regulated product and treated septage is allowed to go on to the
field as irrigation water (for agricultural purpose). We have conducted
replicated field test to determine remediation of septage in three to four
days. In addition, EM can eliminate the breakdowns of septic systems. Just
imagine a functional septic system with a clear leachate pipes and fields
where soil matrix are improved over period of months and years.