A solution for humans and nature
HAVING REPORTED on the illegal home situation in Catral for many years, RTN can safely say that not many things in that town are certain. One thing is for certain though and that is the majority of homes in the municipality will need to upgrade their septic tanks to a new wastewater treatment system.
By July 1st this year, all new tanks that are fitted must have a CE certificate, stating that they comply to all the required European regulations. Bioviana SL is one of the only fully registered companies in Spain to offer these EU regulated water treatment systems and can fit individual domestic treatment plants that are designed for household wastewater from washing machines, toilets, dishwashers and bathtubs and are guaranteed to last longer than a lifetime. The polypropylene units are ideally designed for households, factories, offices and buildings that are located in places where public sewage infrastructure is missing; meaning that these units are essential for all homeowners in rural areas.
CLEAN WATER
The water treatment systems are manufactured by world leading bio-clean company August and work by using biological sludge clean the waste water. The technology is based on a continually operated and modified sludge process and the biological reactor comprises of a non-aerated chamber, an aerated chamber and an integrated retention chamber, which efficiently treats the water making it clean enough to use again. It can be used for watering your plants in the garden and the water will not harm the ecological system. RTN visited Bill Metcalf, who four months ago had one of these water treatment plants fitted at his home in Catral.
He told us: “This is our third and last septic tank. The first one was fitted in the house originally and was very inadequate. We then contacted a British company of plumbers to fit another one. Eighteen months later it was spewing out black goo and stank, so we were forced into getting another tank, so we found out more about Bioviana SL’s water treatment unit and we are so glad that we chose them.”
NO SMELL
Within two days, Bill had his new water treatment systems fitted and he hasn’t looked back since. He explained what happened: “There were some pipe work adjustments but only because the other tank hadn’t been fitted properly in the first place, but the disruption was kept to a minimum. We spent €2300 on the second tank with the British company that shall remain nameless but we may as well have set alight to that money; it was a total waste.”
The unit has been installed at Bill’s home for four months and RTN can honestly say that it has never seen someone quite as enthusiastic about their waste water as Bill! He said: “It runs on the equivalent of a low amp light bulb and is so quiet. You can’t hear it outside the house, let alone inside and it doesn’t smell at all. The water that is eventually filtered out is cleaner than the water that comes out of my taps.”
RTN passed on the offer to taste the water, but was impressed with the unit which will outlive Bill, such is the quality and endurance of the plastic that is used and it really is totally odour free. Bill concluded: “As far as I am concerned it was money well spent and I would recommend Bioviana S.L. and their water treatment plants to everyone. I am over the moon!”