Wastewater treatment – keeping it natural

 

If there was ever a time of environmental awareness then this is it! From acid rain to carbon footprints, farm effluent, landfills, polluted har-bours and GE – where do we start?

Probably, like charity, it begins at home in how we use our own servic-es, how we deal with our own waste and the con-cern we have for the sus-tainability for life itself in all its various phases and states. It is only times like now we acknowledge the value of the ‘long drop’ toilet.

While we have ad-vanced considerably from those days, the principle of natural com-posting still holds true, and now Maungaturoto company NaturalFlow has developed a whole treatment system to deal with waste brought about largely from mod-ern day products which require different treat-ment from the simplicity of yesteryear.

Don’t be frightened by the words that be-

gin with ‘Bio’. The Wa-terflow systems are far from anything chemi-cally based and compris-es 12 important points which all contribute to cost savings and a more sustainable environment through leaving a lot of the work to nature.

Nature is one huge re-cycling mechanism and NaturalFlow harness-es these forces, work-ing with the environ-ment rather than against it. The system does not draw on any other re-

sources and does not use external power in any of the treatment processes and supports self-suffi-ciency.

Their systems can overcome any problems with a sloping site or dif-ficult terrain and be used in conjunction to en-hance wetland plantings and development. Natu-ralFlow is easy on the ear and on the eye, and is a quiet passive system, with no noisy mechanics or high-tech electronics. The resulting effluent is

odourless, and with the system housed beneath the ground, the Natural-Flow will soon be com-pletely hidden by plant life.

There are several op-tions available, all com-pliant with New Zea-land Building and Water Treatment specifica-tions.

Please refer to web-site naturalflow.co.nz for full particulars or call the Freephone number 0800 628 356.