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HOME OWNERS CARE GUIDE
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Components of Your Complete Wastewater Septic System
A typical wastewater septic system has two main components: a Wastewater and Sewage Treatment
System and a Land Application System (or disposal field)
The NaturalFlow System treats and reduces the solid content of the wastewater by up to 95%. The
wastewater liquid then flows to the disposal field, where it percolates into the soil, and microbes
provide final treatment by removing harmful bacteria, viruses, and nutrients before it eventually
reaches the groundwater ecosystem, and the cycle begins again.
Efficient Wa
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Use – ‘it does make a difference’
Average indoor water use in the typical single-family home is approximately 180ltrs per person per day.
The more water a household conserves, the less water enters the septic system. Efficient water use
can improve the operation of the wastewater system and reduce any risk of disposal field overload.
High-efficiency toilets
Toilet use accounts for 25 to 30 percent of household water use.
Do you know how many litres of water your toilet uses to flush? Most older homes have toilets with
11+ litre reservoirs, while newer high-efficiency dual flush toilets use 6.3/5.5ltrs or down to 4.5/3ltrs
of water per flush.
N.B.
Did you know leaky toilets can waste as much as 700ltrs each day.
Consider reducing the volume of water in the toilet tank with a volume displacer (fancy name for a
brick, stone etc!) if you don’t have a high-efficiency model, or replacing your existing toilets with high-
efficiency models.
Check to make sure your toilet’s reservoir isn’t leaking into the bowl. Add five drops of liquid food
colouring to the reservoir before bed. If the dye is in the bowl the next morning, the reservoir is
leaking and repairs are needed.
Water fixtures
A small drip from a faucet may add many litres of unnecessary water to your system every day. To see
how much a leak adds to your water usage, place a cup under the drip for 10 minutes. Multiply the
amount of water in the cup by 144 (the number of minutes in 24 hours, divided by 10). This is the total
amount of clean water travelling to your septic system each day from that little leak.
Faucet aerators and high efficiency showerheads
Faucet aerators help reduce water use and the volume of water entering your
septic system. High-efficiency showerheads also reduce water use.
• Caring For Your Wastewater And Sewage System
