- Solid waste is separated from
liquid waste. Tigers and other
micro and macro-organisms
convert solids into a liquid and
humic material. - Tigers live throughout the
filter bed naturally aerating
it. Wastewater is cleansed by
microorganisms as it trickles
through the filter bed. - The internal components of the
Pod can be cleaned-in place
if long term accumulation of
residual processed waste occurs. - At the bottom of the filter bed
the effluent is now treated and
filtered to remove particles >80
microns before it passes into the
pump chamber.
A major advantage of the BioPod is that it is not reliant on complex or expensive machinery to run. It has a minute, but robust, low energy and low volume air pump which ensures the ambient air in the BioPod is constantly refreshed providing an abundance of available oxygen supply for the aerobic organisms that do all the work in the filter. It blower only consumes 0.12 kWhours per day (approximately 3 cents per day) which is very low compared to other conventional aerated wastewater systems, which typically consume 10 to 20 times this. In addition to this, the air pump is whisper quiet. We have field and factory tested installed BioPod and recorded maximum noise of less than 40dB from a distance of just 1m. By comparison, the blowers used on aerated wastewater systems can be very noisy and can operate 24 hours a day.
In this middle of the treated wastewater compartment is the disposal pump which operates on-demand (typically less than 30 minutes per day) to dispenses treated effluent from the BioPod out to the irrigation system. The disposal pump is powerful enough to pump more than 50m vertically which allows even the most topographically challenging sites to be irrigated.
The BioPod is extremely reliable but has an audible and visual alarm installed to let you know of any irregularities within the system.
