Breakdown of soap and detergents
Breakdown of soap and detergents
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I am building a greywater harvesting system. I have all of it designed except one aspect. It is a 3 phase system. The first phase breaks down soap and detergents. The second phase filters the water. The third phase pumps water out of system. My question is what is the best way to break down soap and detergents in a timely manner with as little mechanical parts?





RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
A wetland needs to be fairly large to do the job, and you could lose a lot of water due to evaporation and transpiration- better for water treatment and disposal than for water recovery. But an artist in Toronto was commissioned by the Canadian Plastics Association to build some elevated wetland planters as a kind of art installation along a major highway (the Don Valley Parkway).
http://donwatcher.blogspot.ca/2009/09/elevated-wet...
I never saw any data from them as to how much they treated the water from the Don- don't know if any such data was ever collected, as the water was coming from the Don and going back there surely at least someone cleaner than it left so I doubt anyone really cared. They're still there, but look somewhat abandoned.
RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
RE: Breakdown of soap and detergents
- Neutralization
- Filtration
- Flocculation
- Biological treatment
- Disinfection
Note that it is very important to disinfect the recycled water as the water will be a risk to human health when sprayed.
To breakdown the biological components, you will need some type of biological treatment. The simple way is a biological filter, not a tank.
You will need someone to design this, permit it as an industrial wastewater treatment plant, construct it, and operate it under the supervision of a licensed wastewater treatment operator.
Here are some examples:
http://www.washtec.de/Englisch.8891.0.html?&no...
http://www.orenco.com/doclib/documents/ABR-ATX-GRE...
Here is a comparison of wastewater technologies:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sandiego/water_issue...