Wastewater Treatment System

A unique, on-site wastewater treatment utility allows us to re-use the water supply at Burkett Farm for drip irrigation needs.

Waste water from slot drains, sinks, and toilets is piped into the wastewater treatment system. 

• First it goes into a solid separator (ie grease trap); solids sink down, grease floats. 

• Effluent and blackwater moves on to a four-stage E-Z Treat digestion tank (septic system) that treats the water

• At the end of that loop, the water that comes out is deemed eligible for drip irrigation, and is pumped out to the pasture

• Any water not used is pumped back into the wastewater system, creating a closed loop 

• This is the first commercial use of this system that’s not in a hog lagoon; it required approvals from city, county, state, and EPA.