Long Island Low Pressure Sewer System

The Zoeller Engineered Products Replacement Pump Series Model 6932 was the solution to a problem installation in Long Island, New York. The grease in this installation was a major contributor to the pump failure. The inlet to the pressure switch was completely blinded off and not allowing the on/off switches to function. The ZEP 6932 […]

Kelly Crossroads Low Pressure Sewer System

The Problem: Kelly Crossroads is a village in central Pennsylvania near the Borough of Lewisburg. The village had failing septic systems due to system age, soils, and topography. The township needed a solution for these homes that would protect the homeowners and the environment. The Solution: The engineer of record, HRG, designed an alternative solution. […]

Mobile Bathrooms for Remote Areas

Zoeller Pump’s distributor in South Africa has partnered with another South African company to create a “self-contained sanitation unit” utilizing the Clarus Fusion® wastewater treatment technology. This mobile bathroom unit consists of showers, sinks and toilets. The effluent from these amenities is treated and partially recycled onsite for the toilet flushing process. The system has the flexibility […]

Huber’s Orchard and Winery

Huber’s Orchard and Winery is a popular attraction located in Starlight, Indiana that allows visitors to take part in the seasonal harvest. When called upon to review a new design for pressurized septic drain fields, experts at Zoeller Pump offered a simpler, more economical alternative. The original design included a complicated triplex pumping system that […]

Effective Treatment Where Looks Matter

The design engineer for Keene Manor Estates, a country club development in Nicholasville, Ky, needed wastewater treatment options. The initial plan of drainfields in every backyard failed to meet the aesthetic quality sought by the owners. The engineer turned to Zoeller Pump to provide decentralized collection using filtered septic tank effluent pumping (STEP) systems, a recirculating […]

Cleaner Waters for Lake Recreation

Lake Conway, the largest commissioned game and fish reservoir in the U.S., is a major recreational destination in Central Arkansas. The lake was finished in 1951, and development around its shore began almost immediately. At the time, little was done to standardize the septic installations. The lack of quality installations, combined with poor soils and […]

Lake Saved from Contamination

A mobile home park in Michigan had a failed septic system resulting in surfacing effluent and contamination of a nearby lake. The site had an existing 20,000 gallon (75,708 liter) septic tank and the owner was restricted to pumping and hauling of the waste. A conventional replacement drainfield was not possible due to site constraints […]

RMF Cleans Up Community Areas

A utility company in South Central Wisconsin had a failed aerobic package plant and was in need of an alternative system. The facility plant was not only high maintenance, but it was also discharging unacceptable wastewater to a nearby recreation area, causing intense public scrutiny. Zoeller was able to work with a local engineering firm […]

RMF for Restaurant Waste

A restaurant, located in South Central Kentucky, was experiencing a $6,000 per month expense pumping its holding tanks. The 150-seat restaurant had a design flow rate of 4,500 GPD (17,034 LPD) with septic tank effluent waste strength over 600 mg/L BOD5. A Zoeller ® 50’ x 36’ (15 x 11 m) Recirculating Media Filter was installed in March of […]

Commercial RMF Aids Church Expansion

A church located in Central Indiana was expanding to accommodate an increase in membership, and the existing septic system was too small for the new kitchen facility. A Zoeller 20’x 30’ (6 x 9 m) Recirculating Media Filter was designed to handle up to 3,000 GPD (11,356 LPF) with a drip system for final effluent disposal. The […]

Tru-Flow® for Drain Fields

Texas, United States In standard septic systems with underground, gravity-fed soil absorption, the even distribution of wastewater across the drain field is difficult to achieve due to several factors. Though several attempts were made to correct this issue, without a perfectly level distribution device, responsible inspection, and careful burial, all effluent would flow to only […]

EPDM Guarantees a Resort Experience

Ambergris Caye, Belize El Secreto is a luxury resort, located on the coast of the Caribbean, which flaunts 13 exclusive thatched-roof villas for an intimate vacation experience. One of their many water features includes a saltwater lake along the patios of the villas where guests reside. In order to provide the best watertight seal and […]

Fusion Replaces 30-year-old Septic System

A two-bedroom home located in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky was in need of a repair for their worn-out, 30-year-old, lateral field in poor soil and cracked fiberglass septic tank. A Zoeller® Fusion® Series ZF-600 treatment unit was installed in July 2007 along with modest at-grade chambers. After 8 sampling events, the homeowner has seen nothing but […]

Fusion® Residential Treatment

A Zoeller Fusion® Series ZF-600 treatment unit was installed at a newly constructed 4-bedroom home in Northern Kentucky. Not long after installation, beneficial colonies of bacteria developing in the Fusion® were threatened when contractors emptied paint waste from their buckets and brushes into the treatment unit. *Photo above shows the paint-contaminated Fusion® system before complete successful cleaning. As […]

Residential Z-Cell

A rental property located in South Central Indiana experienced lateral field failure and was in need of an alternative system. Secondary treatment and drip were solutions provided by Zoeller Pump for the failed conventional system. A 200 sq ft constructed wetland (Z Cell) was installed in August 2005. Zoeller personnel planted bulrush, cattails, and blue […]

Residential Recirculating Media Filter

After three failed conventional onsite systems, the owners of a three-bedroom home in Central Indiana were desperate for an alternative. Space was limited and further complicated by substantial soil compaction in the back and side yards. The alternative solution was secondary treatment using a 10’x10’ (3 x 3 m) Recirculating Media Filter. A manual flushing […]

Brisas del Lago

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Ocean Exploration

Carthage, Tunisia Oceanographer Robert Ballard led the first expedition to discover a shipwreck below 200’ (60 m) in 1997. This journey uncovered several ancient Roman ships full of well-preserved artifacts dating back as far as 200 B.C. on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea in ancient Carthage. In order to clear the debris field for […]

Nevada County Fairgrounds

Nevada, United States When it became necessary to expand the Nevada County Fairgrounds, the county developed a duplex pump system to handle the job. Two heavy-duty, solids-handling pumps from Zoeller Engineered Products were installed on 4” rail systems built at Zoeller’s Louisville manufacturing facility. The control panel was custom-built for the project by Tulsar Controls […]

Lucas Oil Stadium

Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium which is well-known as the home field of the Indianapolis Colts and the host stadium of the Super Bowl XLIV. It has a seating capacity of 62,241 for football games and can exceed 70,000 people in its basketball configuration. Since the field is positioned below street level, wastewater […]

Honda de México S.A. de C.V.

Guanajuato, Mexico In 2014, Honda de México S.A. de C.V. announced it would begin building a facility measuring 5.66 million square meters in Mexico to manufacture subcompact vehicles for the North American market. As it is projected to produce 200,000 units per year and employ approximately 3,200 people, the company has installed 13 duplex grinder […]

National Library of Korea

Seoul, South Korea The National Library of Korea was founded in 1945 and has been in its current location since 1988. The main building consists of seven floors and a basement level, and two smaller buildings are attached. In order to keep up with the institution’s rapid growth, large volume of visitors and long hours […]

Le Loi Hospital

Vung Tao, Vietnam The Le Loi Hospital consists of a clinic, an emergency room, and a labor room. The hospital utilizes a small wastewater treatment system for all discharged waste from the buildings. All sewage from the laundry room, three bathrooms, and other facilities flows directly to buried tanks for primary treatment throughout the facility. […]

Jumex Centroamericana

Nejapa, El Salvador Jumex is a fruit juice manufacturer based in Mexico. When a processing plant was opened in El Salvador in 2009, it was required to have its own wastewater treatment plant on site. A local Zoeller distributor, is running this system utilizing their own chemical treatment process powered by Zoeller pumps. Wastewater enters […]

CPC Gas Station

Taipei, Taiwan It is likely in this type of location that gasoline may drip onto the ground around the filling stations and would then be washed into the pump pits by rainfall. This can create a hazardous environment, which requires a hazardous duty pump to remove water from the building’s foundation. Three of Zoeller’s hazardous […]

Cathay-HCM

Taiwan This healthcare center is located in a rented, commercial building. Since the company is not permitted to destroy or change the structure of the facility, they are not able to install buried discharge piping through which wastewater would be moved away from the foundation. To resolve this issue, Zoeller drain pump systems have been […]