Treatment Plants - detergents / cleaners and toilet paper

[Stones]

Like many on the forum, we have a Treatment Plant installed to treat our waste before it discharges to a soakaway.  

 

There are of course do's and don'ts to observe in the operation of a treatment plant, not least what you actually put into it.

 

Some detergents / cleaners are worse than others in terms of the impact they may have on the treatment process, so I have always observed a policy of using as little as I can but make a point of sticking to the same brand, so that the bacteria within the treatment plant can get used to and tolerate what goes in.

 

Shopping for toilet paper the other day, I idly began speculating on the impact of 2 ply vs 3 ply and plain vs coloured toilet paper on the operation of an aeration treatment such as we have fitted.  I'm guessing that 2 ply is going to be easier for the plant to break down and digest vs 3 ply. Subject to the colouring agent used, I guess there probably isn't much in it but it would be helpful to know.

 

Anyone else ever researched this topic?

[Jeremy Harris]

Even some of the 3 ply stuff seems to be very easily broken down when wet.  I can't recall what it is that SWMBO buys, but it's pretty thick when dry, but just seems to fall apart when wet, so my guess is that it will have broken up a fair bit before it even gets to the treatment plant.

 

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