An overview of various biological products for cesspools: bacteria on guard of cleanliness

Own comfortable house or cottage is the dream of many. However, not everyone thinks about the price of comfort and coziness in it. For example, ensuring the removal of wastewater. Most often, such buildings are not connected to a centralized sewerage system. They are equipped with a cesspool or various septic tanks. Such facilities require cleaning as they get dirty, a laborious and unpleasant event. A well-chosen modern tool for cesspools greatly facilitates this procedure and makes it much less unpleasant. In addition, the sanitary facility will need to be cleaned much less frequently.

Possible ways to treat wastewater

The regular cleaning necessary for each cesspool can be performed in several ways, different in labor intensity:

• Mechanical. The most common method. It consists in pumping out sewage from the structure with the help of a sewage truck and their subsequent removal.
• Bacterial-enzymatic. It involves the introduction of specially grown microorganisms into wastewater, which grind solid and liquid sewage and convert them into sludge and water. After such processing, the volume of effluents is significantly reduced.
• Chemical. Similar to the previous one, only in this case, the sewage decomposes and is disinfected with the help of special chemicals.

The choice is up to the owner. Let's talk in more detail about the bacterial-enzymatic method of cleaning sanitary facilities.

How does the bacterial method work?

The main difference between such cleaning is that enzymes and live bacteria for cesspools act as vacuum cleaners. They are part of the preparations that are added to sewage.

For compositions intended for biological treatment, the following properties are characteristic:

• Transform human waste into an environmentally friendly mass. The sludge obtained as a result of such processing is a fairly valuable organic-mineral fertilizer.
• Prevent excessive gas formation and the appearance of unpleasant odors.
• Safe for humans and do not irritate the skin.
• Do not interact with plastic, metal and other substances, respectively, do not destroy the walls of the cesspool or septic tank.
• Effective only at positive ambient temperatures. For most drugs, the operating temperature range is from 3 to 30°C. There are varieties for which the upper limit shifts to 45 ° C.
• Sensitive to chlorine, aldehydes, phenols, strong alkalis and acids.

Biological agents are extremely effective, however, it should be remembered that they are not compatible with chemical compositions and cannot be used in the cold season.

In what forms are biopreparations produced?

Biological treatment products are available in various forms depending on their composition, frequency and ease of use.

Option #1 - Powder Substances

They are a dry powder, which includes enzymes and microorganisms. The preparations are packaged in packages of various capacities, which is very convenient for use and transportation. Biopowders have some features:

• The basis of the drug are artificially grown saprophytic anaerobic microorganisms found in natural conditions.
• They can be sold not only in powder form, but also in the form of small granules.
• Bacteria in such compositions are in a "sleeping" state. To activate them, it is necessary to dilute the composition with water in the proportions indicated on the package of the drug.

The use of the drug is extremely simple. For example, sanex, a popular powder for cesspools, is diluted with warm water, infused for about 20 minutes, and poured into the sewer. Experts warn that the use of biopowders without following the instructions does not give any effect.

To activate the “sleeping” bacteria in the composition of the dry powder, the agent is diluted with warm water in certain proportions and only after that it is poured into a cesspool or sewer

Option #2 - liquid products

Biological products, produced in the form of liquids, are highly concentrated formulations. They include a whole complex of anaerobic microorganisms that easily cope with various contaminants. They quickly decompose sewage into carbon dioxide and water.

The main distinguishing feature of the preparations is the small volume required to process a sufficiently large array of sewage. On average, one liter of product is enough to process 2,000 liters of sewage. For the most effective work, the drug is added to the cesspool or sewer in the amount recommended by the manufacturer.

Option #3 - tablet preparations

Very convenient form of release of biological preparations. Does not require any further processing. Tablets are lowered into the cesspool in an amount depending on the volume of the structure. The drug destroys the persistent sewer odor, dissolves most of the solid bottom sediments and cleans the drains from suspended particles. In addition, the use of preparations of this type significantly reduces the need for work aimed at deepening the bottom of the structure.

In addition to these release forms, self-dissolving bags and cassettes with colonies of microorganisms can also be found on sale. In any case, the preparations are based on anaerobic bacteria that live in an oxygen-free environment and do not need mechanical air plugging.

Tablet preparations are very convenient and do not require any special preparation before use. It is only necessary to carefully calculate their dosage, referring to the instructions.

There are preparations intended for autonomous biological treatment plants, which include aerobic microorganisms. These are very effective formulations, but they cannot be used for latrines because the bacteria that make them up need oxygen to survive. Such conditions are provided to them inside specialized treatment plants, in a conventional septic tank they will simply die.

What brands are best to buy?

For those who regularly use chemicals to disinfect cesspools, it becomes clear that this is a very unsafe activity. Most of the chemicals in use today are extremely harmful to the environment and human health. Therefore, more and more often, owners of autonomous sewers make a choice in favor of biological compositions. The most popular among them.