HAVE YOU SABRE'd UP YET?

A simple but effective management solution

When I complete free system health checks for people, one of the most common problems with systems is that they are operating illegally , discharging raw sewage into our delicate environment.


This isn't normally intentional by the waste producer but usually due to a limited understanding or knowledge around the legal management of waste.


Most of the troublesome systems consist of septic tanks and soak aways, where people have perfectly good septic tanks but due to the construction, or more commonly, the condition of the ground, namely, high clay content in Sussex, soak aways struggle and pollute the environment by creating wet and soggy patches in gardens and fields.


One of the popular solutions to solving this problem is introducing biological treatment by a separate treatment only tank. The one pictured above is called a SABRE.

These systems utilise an existing septic tank, taking the runny sewage, and treating it to an extremely high standard. They work on the principles of activated sludge, generally meaning lower maintenance and operational costs. The effluent produced is of an extremely high standard.


The photo above shows the reactor aerating and the activated sludge within the system. The advantage of these systems are that they are generally half the cost of a comparative all in one system of similar performance. They are also scalable and can be used for both domestic and industrial applications:-