Our website is in Portuguese as Ecobacterias is based in Portugal, but here is some information about our septic tank treatment product in English to reflect the growing number of expats braving the wilds of Portugal where mains sewers are unilkely to reach!
The main product we supply for septic tank comprises of bacteria and enzymes and their role is to speed up the natural biilogical processes that take place in a septic tank. By accelerating the speed of bioligical material in the septic tank, you will decrease the amount of solids in the tank, which will mean less need for pumping the tank, freer flowing drainage fields, fewer bad smells and fewer blockages.
Our septic tank activator is called Ecofossa and is supplied in 1kg pots – for a typcial family of up to 5 people, 1kg of our product will be enough to treat a septic tank for a year. The pot comes with a scoop inside and to dose the septic tank you just drop a scoop into your toilet and flush it, to carry the bacteria and enzymes to the septic tank. The recommended dosage is 1 scoop a day for the first 5 days (to get the bacterial population established) and then one scoop every 2 weeks to maintain the bacterial population in the septic tank.
The most important rules for using a septic tank are that you minimise the usage of bleach (bleach will kill all bacteria it comes into contact with and we need them to live in a septic tank) and to avoid flushing any inorganic solids (the main enemy here is wet wipes and sanitary pads, which will just build up in the septic tank until they are pumped away). It is also a good idea to try and avoid too much oil and grease going into the septic tank, so try and clean off the worst of the grease from pans and so on before they go into the washing up – oil and grease have a very high organic load, so they force the bacteria to work very hard to digest them which can potentially overload the septic tank system.
The most common reason to use a septic tank activator like ours is to reduce the frequency that a septic tank needs pumping out – a well maintained septic tank with a healthy bacterial population can run for years without needing pumping out, but a problematic septic tank can need pumping a few times every year. By dosing our septic tank treatment you can pre-empt this problem and save a lot of money in pumping fees. The other major problem is slow drainage fields, where the solids from the septic tank can block the porosity of the soil into which the septic tank drains and so not allow the septic tank to empty itself naturally. Our bacteria will help to resolve this problem, but it can take a few months to work as these solids will be deep inside the septic tank system and it will take a while for the bacteria to get there and do their work. The other potential problem of smell septic tanks can also be minimised by ensuring a healthy bacterial population by dosing our product.
If you would like to order our septic tank activator, please click here – you can pay by multibanco or MBWay. The price is €32.60, which includes transport and tax. We normally deliver with the courier MRW, but we can use CTT if required. If you would like to pay by bank transfer, or have any questions, please contact Charles at charles@ecobacterias.com .
