Advantex Septic Filtration: What It Is And What It Does

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The Advantex Septic Filtration System is a state of the art septic tank add-on that works to filter the water left over after the solid waste has decomposed. Their proprietary Re-circulating Splitter Valve is the key to this filters success.

The Advantex system has five parts:

1. The Processing Tank

2. The Biotube Pumping Package

3. The Advantex Filter Pod

4. The Recirculating Splitter Valve

5. The Control Panel

In the processing tank, a sludge layer forms at the bottom, the scum layer floats at the top and the middle strata holds the liquid effluent (or dirty water). This is what you will find in any conventional septic system. Using a hole in the baffle, the liquid finds its way into the effluent chamber, which is normally confined to 1/3 of the total tank size.

What makes the Advantex system unique is that once the effluent (dirty water without solid material) is inside the effluent compartment the system pumps the effluent up to an area above the septic tank in intermittent streams, and begins a lengthy filtration process inside the Advantex Filter Pod. This water is re-circulated over and over again using the re-circulating splitter valve so as to cleanse the effluent and make it safer to discharge into the ground or into a drip irrigation system.

The system has monitoring capabilities so the homeowner and the Advantex distributor can be notified if the system begins to have trouble.

The Advantex website boasts over 8,000 of these systems being sold as of March 7, 2005 and has recently received authorization from the Department of Environmental Quality in the state of Oregon. Advantex claims to sell the system worldwide and in 40 US states. The company is headquartered in Oregon, employs over 250 people and has been in business since 1981.

In areas of the country where you may be limited by lot size, or have a high water table, this might be a system to consider. The advanced filtration method provides an effluent run-off that is less contaminated and may even be used to water a garden. A negative aspect of the system could be the monitoring, maintenance, and cost to install vs. a conventional septic system.

If you have your heart set on a particular piece of property you will want to make sure you have done your homework regarding the type of septic system that state's Department of Environmental Quality will allow. The key before you buy land is to know what you are getting into before you buy and not finding out in the beginning of the building process that the cost of your septic system is going to be significantly higher than what you had budgeted for.

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Go to my website to find out more about septic filters. You might even learn a thing or two about fixing septic tank smells. While you are there, pick up a copy of my latest septic tank report, the information within it could save you money.



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