MPC and Solar Air

• Many brands of aerobic systems are available in today's market, but efficiencies vary widely. With 20+ years of sewage treatment experience, McKittrick Precast could produce any brand, but chose the Solar Air design for its durability and low maintenance. The Solar Air Wastewater Treatment System is a highly efficient "extended aeration" sewage treatment plant. This system, through aeration and clarification, provides a proper environment for aerobic bacteria and other micro-organisms that convert the incoming sewage into clear, odorless, and organically stable water.

What is an Aerobic Wastewater Treatment System?

• An aerobic wastewater treatment system, often called incorrectly an aerobic septic system is a small scale sewage treatment system similar to a septic tank, but which uses an aerobic process (adding air or oxygen) for digestion rather than the anaerobic (without air) process used in septic systems. Adding air promotes the growth of organisms that break down the solids, which are put through a clarifier and chlorinated for disinfection which produces a cleaner more environmentally friendly discharge. This cleaner discharge eliminates the need of a drainage field (leach field) allowing the system to be installed on a small property where a standard septic tank system would not have been possible.

• Aerobic Treatment Units are gradually replacing traditional septic tanks due to their efficiency and benefit to the environment.