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Installing A Peat Fiber Biofilter
South Gilboa, Schoharie County
Engineer: Dan Thayne, Mt. Vision Engineering Contractor: Parkerworks Excavating Lester Parker and his crew: Scott and Matt Hubbard
Electrician: Tripp Electrical Services (Bradley Tripp)
Anua Representative: Bob Carpenter of Emmons Pump
CWC Staff: Leo LaBuda
NYC DEP Inspector: Ken Cox
Septic rehabilitation project for 3-bedroom house: • Existing septic tank retained • Pump chamber installed • 3 Anua Puraflo peat modules installed on gravel bed
Bob Carpenter of Emmons Pump, Anua rep, with Leo LaBuda, CWC
Typical Septic Tank
Septic tank Laying line to pump chamber
Digging line from pump chamber to modules
Measuring and laying pipe
Hooking up the electrical box
Installing sensors in pump chamber
Putting the modules in series on gravel pad
Effluent is distributed inside module, then filters through fibrous Irish peat to gravel and back into soil
DEP inspection
Covering lines with gravel, then fabric, before backfilling modules
Clean water test
Out the other end
Sampling port
Ready for fill
Completed project, property restored