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Tour Demonstration Systems by Treatment Unit

Textile Filter
Foam Filter
Trickling Filter
Peat Filter
Fixed Activated Sludge System
Ultraviolet Light Unit
Submerged Upflow Filter

For details about each system, click on the short descriptions provided in the tables below.

Textile Filter

Block Island two-bedroom home on small, lakefront lot with private well and sloping yard Shallow narrow drainfield
Block Island three-bedroom home on small lot with private well and high water table Shallow narrow drainfield
Block Island apartment house on small lot with private well Shallow narrow drainfield
Block Island three-bedroom home on small, sloping lot with private well and pond Shallow narrow drainfield
Block Island three-bedroom home with two-bedroom cottage on lot with private well; shared system Shallow narrow drainfield
Block Island three-bedroom home on small, sloping lot with private well and high water table Shallow narrow drainfield
South Kingstown two-bedroom home on small lot with high water table Shallow narrow drainfield
South Kingstown two-bedroom home on small waterfront lot with private well Shallow narrow drainfield
South Kingstown three-bedroom home on small lot with high water table and nearby wetlands Shallow narrow drainfield
Charlestown three-bedroom home on small lot with private well and high water table Shallow narrow drainfield
Charlestown two-bedroom home on small lot with private well Shallow narrow drainfield
Charlestown three-bedroom home on small waterfront lot with private well Bottomless sand filter drainfield
Block Island two-bedroom home on small, sloping lot with private well Bottomless peat filter drainfield
Block Island three-bedroom home on small waterfront lot with private well and high water table Bottomless peat filter drainfield
South Kingstown two-bedroom home on small lot with high water table and nearby wetlands Bottomless peat filter drainfield


Foam Filter

Block Island bed and breakfast, with private well Bottomless sand filter drainfield
South Kingstown three-bedroom home on small lot with nearby wetlands Shallow narrow drainfield


Trickling Filter

South Kingstown three-bedroom home on small waterfront lot with high water table Shallow narrow drainfield 
South Kingstown two-bedroom home on small waterfront lot with high water table Bottomless sand filter drainfield


Peat Filter

 Charlestown three-bedroom home on small, waterfront lot with private well and high water table Up-flow denitrification filter and shallow narrow drainfield
South Kingstown three-bedroom home on a waterfront lot with high water table Up-flow denitrification filter and bottomless sand filter drainfield
South Kingstown three-bedroom home on small lot with nearby wetlands  Ultra violet light and shallow narrow drainfield


Fixed Activated Sludge System

South Kingstown three-bedroom home on a waterfront lot with high water table Ultra violet light and shallow narrow drainfield


Ultraviolet Light Unit

 South Kingstown three-bedroom home on a waterfront lot with high water table  Ultra violet light and shallow narrow drainfield
South Kingstown three-bedroom home on small lot with nearby wetlands  Ultra violet light and shallow narrow drainfield


Submerged Upflow Filter

 Charlestown three-bedroom home on small, waterfront lot with private well and high water table Up-flow denitrification filter and shallow narrow drainfield
South Kingstown three-bedroom home on a waterfront lot with high water table Up-flow denitrification filter and bottomless sand filter drainfield

 

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