Flow Design

The way and the rate in which wastewater is received by, and flows through a wastewater treatment system. Continuous flow designs simply allow the wastewater to flow through the unit at the same rate that it leaves the home. Other designs employ devices, (e.g., pretreatment tanks, surge chambers and baffles), to control the amount and rate of the incoming flow. Batch process designs use pumps or siphons to control the amount of wastewater entering a treatment system. <