Providing treatment solutions for noncompliant camp systemProblem: Stony Glen Christian Camp in Madison, Ohio, had an NPDES treatment system that was in noncompliance, and septic odors were a persistent nuisance. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency required an equipment upgrade. Goals included low maintenance and operating cost, with the ability to handle variable hydraulic flows of 500 to over 4,000 gpd combined domestic and kitchen waste, with NH3 reduction from levels of 140 mg/L, treatment equipment in two locations, and meeting NPDES performance limits.Solution: Existing septic tanks were converted into biological reactors for first-stage primary treatment, using IMETTM bioreactors for high
