Effluent Sewers

Orenco's Effluent Sewer video explains how effluent sewers work, from on-lot collection to decentralized treatment, without a lot of technical language. In fact,  this five-minute video uses no narration at all. It tells the story with colorful animation, charts, news clips, and a few simple text slides. It also explains, for all audiences, the advantages of effluent sewers over gravity sewers.



Award-Winning Systems

Orenco's technologies and installations have been honored by numerous awards over the years. They have also been distinguished for achieving a number of "firsts" or being selected for a variety of high-profile demo projects. This short video, titled "A Decade of Awards & Recognitions," highlights 20 of these, ending in four from 2011:

• U.S. EPA "Environmental Justice Achievement Award" for the project manager of the educational EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park, San Francisco, which includes an in-door AdvanTex Treatment System.

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities "Sustainable Community Award" for Victoria, Prince Edward Island (pictured above), which installed an Orenco Effluent Sewer System followed by an AdvanTex Treatment System.

• Energy Trust of Oregon's first-ever cash incentive for qualifying energy-efficient  wastewater  systems (including AdvanTex).

• Water Environment Federation's "2011 Innovative Technology Award" for two-stage, nutrient-reducing AdvanTex® Treatment Systems.




 

AdvanTex® Treatment Systems

Orenco's "AdvanTex® Treatment Systems" video explains the differences between standard residential septic systems and advanced treatment systems. It describes how Orenco's AdvanTex textile treatment systems work and how well they treat household wastewater. It also recommends questions that property owners should ask when researching their wastewater treatment options, including questions about performance, noise, smell, and maintenance costs. (Although this video describes residential-sized AdvanTex Systems, commercial-sized AdvanTex AX100 systems are based on the same principles.)



MVP Control Panels

Orenco's "MVP Control Panels" video describes the features of this "smart" yet affordable line of water and wastewater control panels. MVPs include a digital programmable logic unit that makes them ideal for timed dosing in single and multi-pump systems. The video also gives step-by-step setting instructions.