An economical alternative to gravity sewers and septic tanks.

Municipalities and residential developers are faced with the challenge of providing inexpensive and effective collection and treatment of wastewater. Gravity sewers and septic tanks have been the traditional systems for collecting and treating wastewater, but they each have their shortcomings.

Obstacles for installing gravity sewers include low density housing, rocky soil, high groundwater, infiltration, unfavorable topography requiring deep trenches and numerous pump stations. Performance obstacles for septic tanks include high groundwater, tight clay-like soil that slows absorption and overly porous soil that allows effluent to flow freely into groundwater without sufficient treatment.

The PowerSewer™ System Interon™ introduces the PowerSewer system, the next generation in residential wastewater collection technology. The PowerSewer system is a low pressure sewer system that collects, grinds and pumps residential wastewater. The unit is slightly larger than a hot water heater and typically installs in the yard close to the house. Sewage from the house flows into the underground collection tank, is ground-up and then pumped through small diameter flexible piping. The piping is installed in narrow, shallow trenches that follow the contour of the land.

Low Pressure Sewers:

An Alternative Sewer System
The low pressure sewer concept was conceived in the mid-1960's. Since then, over 250,000 units have been installed, establishing pressure sewers as a proven alternative to gravity sewer systems and septic tanks.

Although the low pressure sewer concept is accepted as a good alternative sewer system, there was still a need for an improved system to be developed which provided added performance and reduced costly service calls.

The PowerSewer:
A Preferred Sewer System

Interon™ Corporation identified that the true benefits of a low pressure sewer concept were not fully realized and set out to design a system so that its very existence could be forgotten by the homeowner.

The PowerSewer is designed to provide years of trouble free performance, have low energy consumption and be visually and physically unobtrusive.