Phone: 310-463-2634
System Details
1. Residential System
2. Commercial System
3. Cottage System: Details coming soon
4. Custom Systems: Details coming soon
1. The Residential System
THE CONCEPT: Fully automatic in operation, Residential Systems filter and disinfect gray water to California Health Department Title 22 Recycled Water Standards for bacteria content. A unique recirculation system keeps the water safe and bacteria free regardless of storage tank hold time. This high level of water filtration and disinfection allow the recycled water to be safely reused for above ground irrigation and flushing toilets. Easily adaptable to existing irrigation systems the Residential System provides an affordable way to automatically and safely recycle water.
SYSTEM FUNCTION: Gray water to be recycled flows into a central sump basin. The sump then moves the water through a five stage filtration and disinfection cycle before entering the storage tank. On a pre determined schedule a timer controlled pump recirculates water in the storage tank through the entire filtration process to maintain clear, bacteria free water. Recycled water in the storage tank is drawn out by a pressure regulated pump. When your irrigation timer comes on or a toilet is flushed the system automatically provides recycled water. When the storage tank low (you're on vacation) a float switch automatically provides make-up water to maintain automatic operation. When the storage tank is full excess water drains into the sewer or storm drain system.
SYSTEM COMPONENTS: Gravity sump basin with float switch activated pump; filter housings with pressure gauge and back wash valve; UV disinfection chamber with lamp life indicator; ionization unit with control box; 305 gallon UV resistant above ground storage tank; recycled water delivery pump system; recirculation pump with automatic timer control; make-up water float switch with valve, solenoid and transformer; water quality test kit; installation, operation and maintenance instructions.
2. THE COMMERCIAL SYSTEM
THE CONCEPT: A turbo charged Residential System. Commercial Systems have greater overall capacity in all aspects of operation, their configuration is custom designed to the specific needs of the client and installation site. For additional information on Commercial Systems consult our engineering department.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
PUMPS AND ELECTRICITY USAGE: Critics of our system cite the electricity needed to operate the pumps pointing out that household plumbing systems work entirely on gravity without the need for any pumps. True, but household plumbing systems don't purify and disinfect your water, they carry it away so someone else can do it. Our system gives you the ability to start and complete the recycling process at the point of original use, "Point Source Recycling". Regarding electrical usage, we use only the most energy efficient pumps available; Liberty and Grundfos, two of the highest quality, most respected pump manufacturers in the world are our primary suppliers. And while we know were saving 50% to 70% on water usage, is it at the expense of electrical use? No. Using a kill-a-watt meter we measured electrical usage over a months time and found the pumps in an Ever Green System used $3.78 of electricity in a months time, while saving 405 gallons of water daily!
RECYCLED AS MOTHER NATURE INTENDED: Here's an interesting point, when the treatment plant is finished with the water you showered and washed your clothes with ...they pump it into the ocean. Will it ever return as fresh water? All the water our systems recycle, with the exception of what's used in toilet tanks, goes directly into the ground to replenish the water table. Just as Mother Nature has been doing for thousands of years.
WATER QUALITY: Many City, State and County agencies have have their own recycled water quality testing criteria. The primary tests are to determine the presence and amount of human and/or animal waste (feces), water turbidity (clarity) and other harmful bacteria. Coliform and E. coli bacteria being the primary ones tested for.
One extremely important point to consider is the recycled water standards from virtually all state agencies are written to deal with water provided by municipal sewer treatment plants. Water that at one time was Raw Sewage, Black Water, the foulest of the foul, to be blunt ...turd water and a whole lot worse. By comparative standards, the water our system processes from shower and laundry is a clear mountain stream.
Water purified and disinfected by our system has been continually tested for coliform and E. coli bacteria as well as turbidity. Done by independent laboratories, tests have shown it exceeds the standards listed in Title 22 as established by the California Department of Health in these three main categories as well as many others. Every system we install comes with a post installation water quality test and continued monitoring can be done.
