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communitycase Studies <br /> Hundreds of communities throughout North America are successfully collecting <br /> and treating their wastewater with orenco's Effluent Sewer Systems. For more <br /> a reference list of communities and contact <br /> detailed case studies, as well as <br /> d click on "Community Collection Systems." <br /> names, go to www,orenco.com an <br /> Diamond Lake, Elkton, <br /> Washington Oregon <br /> In 1986-87,an Orenco In 1989,an Orenco Effluent �10 <br /> Effluent Sewer system serv- Sewer system was installed <br /> 1 <br /> ing 500 homes was Installed to serve more than 100 � <br /> in this Washington lakeside homes and businesses in atr� <br /> community.Half the proper- Elkton,Oregon,at an average }p Ir <br /> cost of less than$7,000 per <br /> ties are seasonally occupied, — <br /> a: <br /> with sudden start-ups and home for both collection and <br /> prolonged shut-downs.And treatment.Ten years after <br /> the winters are very cold. installation,maintenance on <br /> Even so,operator Larry <br /> the entire collection system <br /> Garwood said,"The systems averaged less than one hour <br /> are simple,dependable,and per month,and not a single I m <br /> residential septic tank needed ) 1 (fl�lll�)��ll���t h <br /> easy to maintain." <br /> � <br /> pumping, �ll <br /> New Minden, <br /> Illinois Steamboat,Oregon <br /> The small farming community <br /> of New Minden,Illinois(pop. In 1999,an Orenco Effluent <br /> 228)is attracting nation- Sewer,followed by an inno- <br /> wide attention for its Orenco vative textile filter treatment <br /> Effluent Sewer and recirculat- system,was installed in pumped more than seven <br /> ing gravel filter.Built for little Steamboat,Oregon,to miles to a nearby community <br /> more than$1 million—half replace a leaking gravity -progressive AE has been <br /> for treatment,and no lift designing and observing the <br /> the cost of the gravity sewer system along a wild and stations are required along nstallation of STEP systems <br /> bid—the system produces scenic river.Annual operating the way. for shoo Michigan communities <br /> such clean effluent(BOD and costs have been reduced by for over to years.And we've <br /> TSS below 3.0 mg/L)that a factor of 121 gyy Barry County, <br /> used the Ore years, <br /> Systems <br /> it discharges to a stream. Glenwood, Michigan STEP unit exclusively for more <br /> Cost per dwelling?Less than Alabama To preserve water quality,this than 7o years." <br /> $8,000 for collection and This 130-home commu- Michigan lake county has William J.Parker,P.E. <br /> treatment. nity in southeast Alabama had an effluent sewer Sys- Progressive AE <br /> nstalled an Orenco Effluent tern since 1993.The system <br /> Sewer system in 1995.at an includes more than 1200 <br /> average cost of$5,000 per Orenco units.Orenco's units <br /> home.Because each home <br /> have worked so dependably <br /> that hundreds more have <br /> has its own 1/2-horsepower <br /> t can be since been ordered. <br /> pump,the effluen <br /> a <br /> u <br />