Overview: Broken or missing components on older onsite systems can shorten the life of your system. Hydraulic overloading caused by leaks and surface water…
Author: Luke Olson
Non-compliant mound update: Mille Lacs Lake Isle, MN
Overview: This customer had a non compliant mound system due to lack of separation distance to the seasonal high water table. The only space…
Trench drainfield recovery: Terralift
Overview: This system was approximately 15 years old and had a clogged drain field. The water was backed up into the home. The tank…
Mound drainfield recovery: Terralift & Microbubble aeration
Overview: This system alarmed often and the owner had to pump the tank frequently. The mound rockbed was clogged due to a heavy biomat.
Drainfield recovery using microbubble aeration
Overview: This system had effluent surfacing within 8 years of being constructed. A heavy biomat build up in the drainfield caused the failure. The…
Windy Acres Assisted Living: Forest Lake, MN
Overview: One of the two mound dispersal systems leaked to the surface at on corner of the rockbed. Waste strengths were measured and were…
Wandering Ponds development: Kimball, MN
Overview: Wandering ponds is a residential housing development in central Minnesota. The design, done by MSTS of Kimball, MN, included long sewer main collection…
Portside Bait & Liquor: Isle, MN
Overview: Portside Bait & Liquor is also a convenience store and gas station located north of Isle. The owner wanted to expand the store,…
Bay Lake Camp: Deerwood, MN
Overview: Bay Lake Camp is a church camp located on an island on Bay Lake. Due to the site conditions, standard installation techniques would…
Camp Onomia: Onamia, MN
Overview: Camp Onomia is a church camp located on Shakopee Lake. The Camp was required to do a system update. A previous design proposal…