A novel wastewater treatment method, apparatus and system to treat wastewater from septic tanks, including a tertiary treatment for the passive removal of phosphorus, nitrogen and coliforms from sewage streams, is described. The method, apparatus and systems comprise a septic tank, an enviro-septic system, a dephosphatation system, a denitrification system and a polishing field, including related piping distribution and pumping systems. The invention further comprises an enviro-septic system comprising an advanced enviro-septic pipe, a filtration medium, a collection drain and associated distribution systems; a polishing field comprising an advanced enviro-septic pipe, a collection drain, a filtration medium, a collection drain and associated distribution systems; and a dephosphatation system comprising a filtration medium for the removal of phosphorus and coliforms and a denitrification system comprising a filtration medium for the removal of nitrogen. The wastewater treatment method is used to treat domestic, industrial and commercial sewage effluent.

The present invention solves the problem of environmental pollution created by animal waste and converting animal waste to reusable water in the earth. The invention does this by a device that is capable of receiving animal waste and breaking down the waste into different components by the help of a decomposing catalyst such as a septic pack, filtering the resulting solution and finally producing a filtered liquid that enters the earth being cleansed by the process. The present invention comprises a filter device, a tank unit, a filter unit, a first opening positioned on a top surface of the tank unit; a second opening positioned on a bottom surface of the tank unit; wherein the tank unit is capable of receiving animal waste through the first opening; at least one hole at a bottom surface of the filter unit; wherein the tank unit is placed over the filter unit.

A module for a wastewater treatment system, for use when buried in permeable media such as sand or soil, includes a central distribution unit and a multiplicity of treatment fins in flow communication therewith. Within each fin is a lengthwise-running perforated pipe. In one kind of assembly, a treatment system module comprises a central housing has attached fins which are wrapped in spiral fashion around the central distribution unit when in a compact shipping container. In another assembly, the fins are attached to a central membrane and shipped in a container while folded, detached from the central distribution unit; and the distribution unit may be comprised of separate nested half units to be joined at the point of use. When take to a wastewater treatment site, the packed components are removed from the container and arranged for use.

Water treatment structures may have at least a first geotextile fabric layer; a second geotextile fabric layer; a third geotextile fabric layer; a first filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the first and second geotextile fabric layers; and a second filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the second and third geotextile fabric layers, wherein the geotextile fabric layers and the filler layers are within a housing, and wherein the structure is configured such that contaminated water proceeds sequentially through the first geotextile fabric layer, the first filler layer, the second geotextile fabric layer, the second filler layer, and the third geotextile fabric layer. Methods of treating wastewater may involve passing wastewater, after optional oxygenating and pre-filtering, through such alternating layers of geotextile, preferably nonwoven, and polymer particles.

Water treatment structures may have at least a first geotextile fabric layer; a second geotextile fabric layer; a third geotextile fabric layer; a first filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the first and second geotextile fabric layers; and a second filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the second and third geotextile fabric layers, wherein the geotextile fabric layers and the filler layers are within a housing, and wherein the structure is configured such that contaminated water proceeds sequentially through the first geotextile fabric layer, the first filler layer, the second geotextile fabric layer, the second filler layer, and the third geotextile fabric layer. Methods of treating wastewater may involve passing wastewater, after optional oxygenating and pre-filtering, through such alternating layers of geotextile, preferably nonwoven, and polymer particles.

Water treatment structures may have at least a first geotextile fabric layer; a second geotextile fabric layer; a third geotextile fabric layer; a first filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the first and second geotextile fabric layers; and a second filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the second and third geotextile fabric layers, wherein the geotextile fabric layers and the filler layers are within a housing, and wherein the structure is configured such that contaminated water proceeds sequentially through the first geotextile fabric layer, the first filler layer, the second geotextile fabric layer, the second filler layer, and the third geotextile fabric layer. Methods of treating wastewater may involve passing wastewater, after optional oxygenating and pre-filtering, through such alternating layers of geotextile, preferably nonwoven, and polymer particles.

A wastewater sampling device configured to collect, for sampling purposes, a portion of an effluent and/or of treated wastewater released by a wastewater treatment system. The wastewater sampling device comprises a base and sidewalls configured to receive and channel the effluent and/or treated wastewater into a collection well whereby said effluent and/or treated wastewater may be subsequently collected by means of a collection chimney. The wastewater sampling device may be installed at any depth underneath the wastewater treatment system, thus allowing for a collection of effluent and/or treated wastewater at different stages within the filtering process.

A septic tank or aerobic treatment tank level control system has a tank adapted to be connected to a sewage outlet line of a building, a transfer line connected to an outlet of the tank and adapted to extend to a drainfield, a drainfield distribution unit connected to the transfer line, a pump positioned in the tank, a discharge line connected to the pump and connected to the outlet of the tank, and a level switch operatively connected to the pump. The discharge line is adapted to pass the liquid under pressure from the pump through the outlet of the tank and into the drainfield distribution unit. The level switch activates the pump when the liquid in the tank reaches a first level and deactivates the pump when the level of liquid in the tank reaches a second level. The first level is higher than the second level.

Reconfigurable water leaching modules are provided herein. These modules may comprise a plurality of dosing conduits and a plurality of leaching channels fluidly coupled to the dosing conduits where the leaching channels are reconfigurable from a first retracted position to a second extended position and where the leaching channels may hang downwardly from the dosing conduits in the second extended position.

The present invention provides a complete-circulation-type bio-toilet system in which adjustment tanks capable of storing water to be treated are arranged before and after a septic tank, thereby enabling stable provision of the system without stopping the system even when the system is in heavy use. In a bio-toilet system 1 that performs microbial treatment on water to be treated containing filth and circulates the water to be treated as washing water, it is provided with: a raw sewage tank 3 into which the water to be treated containing filth discharged from a toilet 2 is fed; a first adjustment tank 4 that stores water to be treated 31 discharged from the raw sewage tank 3 while performing aerobic treatment thereon by aeration and discharges the stored water to be treated 31 by a pump 43; a septic tank 5 that performs microbial treatment on the water to be treated 31 discharged from the first adjustment tank 4; a second adjustment tank 6 that stores the water to be treated 31 discharged from the septic tank 5 while performing anaerobic treatment thereon and discharges the stored water to be treated 31 by a pump 62; a reaction tank 7 that decomposes organic matter in the water to be treated 31 discharged from the second adjustment tank 6; and a washing tank 8 that stores the water to be treated 31 discharged from the reaction tank 7 for use as washing water for a toilet bowl.