REMOTE
(OFF-SITE) ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Until
1999 MAWSS relied on the traditional method of managing wastewater,
depending on collection and interceptor sewers to bring wastewater
from thousands of homes and businesses to a centralized facility
for treatment, monitoring, and disposal. The process is typically
safe, economical, and environmentally sound. However, treatment
and disposal of large volumes of effluent into receiving bodies
of water at point locations is increasingly drawing opposition
from some customer and regulatory interests. At the same time
wastewater service for dispersed population growth away from urban
areas is becoming costly.
Alternative
treatment systems offer a solution to providing wastewater management
to presently unsewered areas without extending interceptor sewers.
To keep septic tank use in the County to a minimum, MAWSS has
extended its wastewater management efforts outside of the drainage
area of its centralized treatment facilities by planning and constructing
alternative treatment systems. These systems use existing collection,
treatment, and disposal technologies designed for small numbers
of customers to produce treated wastewater that can be reused
or otherwise disposed of in the ground at or near the generation
location. The concept provides economical wastewater management
solutions for population expansion in less densely populated areas
of Mobile County consistent with a clean environment. The service
is offered to groups of customers willing to share actual costs.
Contact us for further information.
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