Unpleasant odours were reported when treated effluent was used for irrigation.
Lodges & hospitality
Supporting wastewater-effluent quality at a Timbavati lodge
The lodge needed a practical biological treatment that could be introduced through its existing wastewater system without extensive infrastructure changes.
LocationTimbavati region, South Africa
Product usedBaczyme Sewage Powder
Project overview
Site challenge and treatment summary.
The lodge needed a practical biological treatment that could be introduced through its existing wastewater system without extensive infrastructure changes.
- Initial problem
- A lodge operating a small wastewater treatment works was experiencing unpleasant odours when treated effluent was used for irrigation.
- Baczyme product used
- Baczyme Sewage Powder
- Dosage
- Baczyme Sewage Powder was reportedly introduced through the lodge toilets at a dosage of 5 g daily.
- Treatment period
- Treatment duration not provided in readable text.
Site conditions
What Baczyme was responding to.
- The lodge operated a small wastewater treatment works.
- Treated effluent was used for irrigation.
- Odour created a potential guest-experience and property-management concern.
Treatment objectives
What the programme aimed to support.
- Support the biological wastewater-treatment process
- Reduce odours associated with irrigation effluent
- Improve the quality of water leaving the treatment works
Before and after
Reported project progression.
These notes summarise the before-and-after information available for this specific Baczyme project.
Baczyme states that subsequent testing showed a significant improvement in effluent quality.
Reported outcomes
Baczyme states that subsequent testing showed a significant improvement in the quality of the effluent released by the treatment works.
Results were reported by Baczyme for this specific lodge. The final website should include the original laboratory reports, testing dates, parameters and treatment duration before making quantified performance claims.
Test results or documents
The existing project page includes test-result images, although the individual parameters, units and testing dates are not currently available as searchable text.
Project significance
Why this project matters.
Lodges often experience changing wastewater loads caused by seasonal occupancy, events and peak visitor periods. This project illustrates how a simple biological dosing programme can be incorporated into an existing lodge wastewater system.
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