Re: Inexpensive Aerators for the Septic Tank

Josh,
Very interesting ideas. However I am now focused on one thing, based on my research & problems over the last 6 months. Eliminate ALL water currents in the tank. Any form of bubbles just makes it worse, causing more water circulation, and stirring up more sludge. The Input Baffle is a really bad design. When that blast of toilet water comes through, it is directed straight down into the sludge, stirring it up and sending it out to the outlet baffle. We need a vastly improved input baffle to eliminate ALL water currents. Any ideas?
Here is my newly designed input baffle to minimize stirring up sludge:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HL-0iahk8hPwqclnajsgFnaDEq6JGNMZLaCZ14c2r...

I have examined your patent # US7513995
http://www.google.com/patents/US7513995


and in my opinion, it won't work. Here is why: The aerator in the septic tanks stirs up the water into recirculating water currents that mix the sludge, the scum & new solids into septic soup. ALL of the water in the tank is equally contaminated with solids. It does no good to send bubbles up the side of the effluent filter because contaminated SOUP will still enter the into the bottom of the effluent filter. I think that if an aerator is used, there MUST be a settling chamber between the aerated tank & your septic field.

I have abandoned using an aerator in my septic tank, and going back to my old Anaerobic tank. But we do have 2 major success stories from all of my misery & suffering:
1) Sodium Percarbonate mixed with water.
2) Lime-Sulfur
Both have worked extremely well to rejuvenate a clogged or slow septic field when added directly to the septic field via the D-Box or the exit pipe of the septic tank. Details here with photos:
http://tinyurl.com/Septic-Solutions


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