HOW DOES A WASTEWATER TREATMENT

POND COMPARE TO THE MEMPAC-I?

Clients often come to Cloacina wondering whether they should use a treatment pond or package wastewater treatment plant to meet their wastewater needs.  The following is a comparison between a typical treatment pond and the MEMPAC-I package wastewater treatment plant: 

TREATMENT POND

FOOTPRINT: One Acre

EQUIPMENT RUN TIMES: Ponds must be constantly aerated year round

ELECTRICAL USAGE: Amperage for 10,000 GPD pond system: 150A at 480V, 3 phase

ODORS: Prone to odors because of the difficulty in providing sufficient aeration over a large surface

SAFETY AND SECURITY: Animals can fall in, ponds are expensive to fence and secure

EFFLUENT QUALITY: Estimated effluent quality is greater than 150 MG/L BOD and TSS

MEMPAC™-I

FOOTPRINT: Less than 1% of the area required for a treatment pond

EQUIPMENT RUN TIMES: Equipment operation time automatically adjusts to flow and loading

ELECTRICAL USAGE: Amperage for 10,000 GPD Cloacina system: <75A at 480V, 3 phase

ODORS: Highly aerobic which naturally mitigates odors

SAFETY AND SECURITY: Easier and less expensive to secure

EFFLUENT QUALITY: Estimated effluent quality is less than 10 MG/L BOD and TSS