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How to choose a cesspool cleaner

A lot of people dream of a country house, and most of them do not know that such a dream is not only comfort and coziness, but also a large number of problems associated with maintaining a house, including cleaning a sewer or cesspool. There is little pleasant in this, but it must be done periodically, and here a tool for cleaning cesspools comes to the rescue. To facilitate this not very "smelling" work, special and chemical preparations were developed that accelerate the decomposition process and ensure the disinfection of the fecal mass.

Types of funds for cleaning sewers and cesspools

Any septic tank, whether it is a sewer drain, a cesspool or a standard toilet in the country, usually requires maintenance. So, to completely eliminate the possibility of contamination, it is necessary to use a variety of means to clean septic systems of this kind or to care for them. Such preparations for cesspools are divided into the following types:

  1. Chemicals: Quaternary ammonium salts and formaldehyde, as well as nitrate oxidizing agents.
  2. Mechanical type of cleaning.
  3. Bacterial-enzyme complexes.

All of the above tools help to accelerate the process of waste decomposition and eliminate unpleasant odors. In addition, these preparations allow the septic system to be maintained in normal working condition.

Mechanical type of cleaning

To carry out the pumping of contents from cesspools, modern technologies are currently used, which include a technical cleaner for cesspools.

In vacuum trucks, manual labor is practically not used, and all menial work is mainly performed by automatic systems and special equipment.

Pumping is usually carried out by a truck, which is specially equipped for this purpose, including a high-power vacuum pump and a sealed tank.

The purchased household pump will also help to clean the cesspool. True, it is not easy to choose such a pump for a cesspool in view of the wide variety of pumps on the market. After all, all such pumps have a completely different purpose, and, moreover, they pump liquid under certain conditions.

Therefore, before you purchase a pump, you should get knowledge about it so as not to overpay and purchase exactly the necessary unit. You need to know the following:

  • For a drain pit, a fecal pump is needed, which is used specifically for cleaning cesspools and sewer pits in places where there is no central sewerage. Fecal pumps have oversized inlets capable of pumping heavily contaminated and viscous liquids.
  • The design of fecal pumps is represented by vibration and centrifugal pumps.
  • Centrifugal pumps have a large resource and high productivity. But they consume quite a lot of energy, have a high cost and large size, which leads to a decrease in their popularity.

Cleaning chemicals

Comparison of bio and chemical products for local sewage

In the last century, the use of a variety of chemicals designed to clean autonomous sewers was especially popular. Let's try to compare this method with the use of biological methods:

  1. The chemical preparation is used at any temperature, while the antiseptic for cesspools is effective only at temperatures from + 4̊С to + 30̊ С.

Pro tip: With a cold snap, the use of chemicals will be preferable even today.

  1. Unlike biobacteria for drain pits, chemicals are not afraid of hard water, chlorine impurities and any other antiseptics, but microbes in aggressive environments will die immediately, and their effectiveness will approach zero.
  2. Chemicals have one rather unpleasant drawback - they negatively affect the sewerage system of a country house, especially its metal components, and have an adverse effect on the environment. , on the contrary, they are completely safe for plants, animals, humans, and also not dangerous for concrete and metals, which are used as a material in the construction of a cesspool.

  1. Consequently, chemicals contribute to the occurrence of corrosion of structures, are toxic, although to varying degrees, and they also tend to accumulate in nature. When using such drugs, beneficial microflora is seriously inhibited and there is a possibility of accumulation of pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, in no case should the products of chemical decomposition of waste be used as soil fertilizer, but it must be taken out of the site. Nitrate oxidizing agents are considered an exception.

Types of cleaning chemicals

There are three main types of chemical wastewater treatment products:

  1. The most affordable cesspool cleaner is formaldehyde. More recently, scientists have proven that formaldehyde has a high degree of toxicity and carcinogenicity, although a few years ago it was used everywhere. Currently, there is almost no formaldehyde on free sale.
  2. Nitrate oxidizers, the price of which is quite high, are familiar to all nitrogen-based fertilizers. Nitrate oxidizers contain surfactants that break down organic compounds and have excellent washing ability. Similar preparations for cesspools are not sensitive to detergents and cleaning agents that are found in wastewater.
  3. Quaternary ammonium compounds are considered high-class agents for the decomposition of fecal matter. Such products accelerate the breakdown of waste, and also cope well with unpleasant odors. However, they have a drawback - they are sensitive to cleaning and detergents. The impact of quaternary ammonium compounds on the environment is not currently known, which is why it is necessary to use such preparations with caution.

Pro tip: When using ammonium compounds, when cleaning a cesspool, you need to be extremely careful - it is better to drain waste into sewers or special ditches, or you need to call a sewer machine. Otherwise, you can cause irreparable harm to yourself and the environment.

Treatment of cesspools with biological preparations

With the advent of biological preparations, chemical preparations, which are very dangerous for the environment, are becoming a thing of the past. In addition to harming the environment, chemicals for cesspools contribute to the destruction of the sewer system, as well as to accelerate the wear of metal products that are part of their design. More details about the action of biological preparations can be found in the article "".