Pump for mound system

[Phillip]

Could someone tell me what this pump does? It was running all the time I was there. It is part of a mound system.

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Thanks

[msteger]

No idea.. however, it looks like a well pump. Never saw one in the yard though.

[caryseidner]

I Googled "nayadic" and it looks like a pump for a wastewater treatment system.

[Bill Kibbel]

It's an air pump. It injects air into an "aerobic" waste treatment tank.

[Phillip]

Originally posted by inspecthistoric

It's an air pump. It injects air into an "aerobic" waste treatment tank.

I got some time and I goggled "nayadic" and that what it is. First time I had seen the pump.

At the web site it said there is a setup where there is a way to set it in one of the containers. That may be the reason I haven't seen one.

[msteger]

I guess we learn something new every day.

[Phillip]

Originally posted by msteger

I guess we learn something new every day.

I try to.

[Eric B]

What are the black stains on the end of the pump housing in the third picture - carbon?

[Phillip]

I don't know. The system had just been checked and new covers put on the main tank by one of the local septic folks.

[Scottpat]

When I lived in Mississippi I use to see treatment systems all the time due to all of the clay soil and the lack of percolation. Now that I'm in TN I almost never see them due to the rocky conditions and the good percolation of the soil. I'm a big fan of treatment plants.

It also looks like they might have a lift station/grinder pump. That box on the side of the house with the green light. It is either that or an alarm for a effluent storage tank. Do you know if that is what it is?

[Tom Raymond]

Man, that is one ooogly system[:-bigeyes

I have nasty clay soil and a simple sand filter system that works great. If I hadn't have put it in I would have no idea where it is.

Tom

Sometimes simpler is better.

[Phillip]

Originally posted by Scottpat

It also looks like they might have a lift station/grinder pump. That box on the side of the house with the green light. It is either that or an alarm for a effluent storage tank. Do you know if that is what it is?

Being a mound system I would go with the lift station/grinder pump.

I am not sure which one it is.

This is one thing I have no problem telling my clients to get checked by someone that knows about the system.