The previous treatment plant at Home Farm was a trickle-filter system installed in the 1950s, which had reached the end of its operational life. Since it was first installed the number of holidaymakers using the centre had grown considerably and there had been issues with odour.
A new treatment plant was needed to provide robust and reliable treatment for static caravans and chalets with a population equivalent of 1,000 and be able to cope with up to 99m3/day flow.
Due to the seasonality of the foul flow, the new system was designed to enable the operator to switch between two HiPAF systems or to use both at once, subject to load. As the treatment site was close to a number of static caravans it was important to create a replacement plant which was low on noise and odour.
Installation of the new treatment plant was carried out in November 2015 and took three weeks, ready for the start of a busy season in 2016.
