Family Campground

Project Information

Date: January, 2004
Location: Sebago Lake, Maine
Facility: RV and Tenting Campground
Design Flow: 4,000 Gallons per Day
Wastewater Type: Mixed

This peaceful family campground in the heart of Maine's Lakes Region has grown steadily in the years since its establishment. As a facility like this increases in size, so does its production of wastewater. This in turn increases the strain on its existing onsite wastewater disposal system, often shorting the life-span of the infiltration system.

The campground owner was left with a choice of doubling the disposal field size to handle the increased flow or installing an aerobic wastewater treatment system to reduce the strength of the effluent entering the disposal field. Engineers retained by the owners of the campground selected Aeration Systems, LLC to design and construct a custom OxyPro wastewater treatment system. The cleaned water produced by the OxyPro represents a much lower clogging risk than conventional septic tank effluent and allows for a reduction in disposal area footprint. This OxyPro was installed in the center of the campground, adjacent to the central bath house. Given this public location it was vital that the treatment system be quiet and odor-free. The use of high-efficiency linear diaphragm compressors allowed the OxyPro to fulfill these requirements while minimizing electrical consumption.

Specific Design Challenges

Odor Control
Maintain Gravity Flow
Aesthetic Requirements