Silvester Enterprises excels at both installing new systems and troubleshooting and repairing old, failing systems. We offer a variety of new septic and water systems, and will work with you to determine the right system to best suit your needs. Contact us to schedule an appointment for a complimentary consultation and estimate.
Silvester Enterprises is a proud installer of Alberta Wilbert Sales (AWS) precast concrete tanks and Orenco advanced wastewater treatment systems.
AWS is Canada’s leading supplier of Orenco products, and a leading manufacturer of precast concrete septic tanks, holding tanks, and water cisterns. For over 55 years, AWS has used the best materials available to deliver watertight, structurally-sound, CSA approved tanks backed by a 20-year warranty.
Together, Silvester Enterprises and AWS can ensure you have a quality system that will last many years.
Orenco’s AdvanTex® Treatment Systems are an ideal solution for environmentally sustainable treatment of residential wastewater flows. To date, Silvester Enterprises has proudly installed over 400 units of these wastewater systems in Alberta.
Wastewater from the house is collected in an underground septic tank. Effluent is pumped through a line buried below the frost line. Lot size, location & environmental impact are factors that have to be addressed before a system like this can be installed.
Silvester Enterprises can design, install, and repair your home’s complete water system. Precast concrete or fiberglass cisterns are available for water storage in sizes ranging from 700 gal to 5000 gal. We can also assist you with the selection and installation of the pump and pressure system for your home. Some of the available options are as follows:
Variable speed pump and controller: These systems are computer controlled to vary the pump speed. By varying the pump speed the system is able keep a constant pressure in the home system regardless of the demand.
Fixed speed submersible jet pumps: These pumps are installed inside the cistern and operate at a fixed speed. A pressure tank is installed in the home to compensate for pressure fluctuations.
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Orenco’s AdvanTex® Treatment Systems are an ideal solution for environmentally sustainable treatment of residential wastewater flows. To date, Silvester Enterprises has installed over 400 of these systems in Alberta.
There is a standard AdvanTex Treatment System model for every site condition, design flow, and regulatory requirement.
AdvanTex Treatment Systems are particularly well suited for:
In the patented* AdvanTex Treatment System, household sewage flows into the processing tank, where it separates into scum, sludge, and liquid effluent. Filtered effluent is dosed to the AdvanTex filter pod, where it trickles through sheets of a synthetic textile. There, naturally occurring microorganisms remove impurities from the effluent. After recirculating between the tank and the AdvanTex filter, the effluent is discharged to the soil via irrigation or a drainfield. The system’s pump runs only a few minutes an hour, using just a few cents worth of electricity a day. Because solids decompose in the tank, the tank requires pumping only every 8–12 years, under normal use. Using little energy, generating a minimum of sludge, and purifying wastewater for beneficial reuse, AdvanTex Systems are one of the most environmentally sustainable technologies for home wastewater treatment.
AdvanTex turns household wastewater into clear, odorless effluent you can reuse for subsurface irrigation or disperse to a drainfield.
For more information visit the Orenco® Advantex website
At-Grade Discharge: An At-Grade consists of distributional lateral pipes above virgin ground surface. The pressurized pipe is leveled and supported with pipe stands. The pressurized lateral is then covered with a 24″ shield. The entire assembly is then covered with wood chip cover or leaf mold or peat moss. The width will vary between 3 and 6 feet depending on slope and terrain variables.
At-Grade: An at-grade is an above ground discharge for treated effluent. This is the final process in disposal and the end results of the system installation.
Wastewater from the house is collected in an underground septic tank. Effluent is pumped through a line buried below the frost line. Many local regulations and guidelines must be followed, to ensure that the pump out location is far enough from property borders and buildings. Lot size, location and environmental impact are factors that have to be address before a system like this can be installed. Some available options to discharge effluent are as follows:
Mound System: When site restrictions exist such as slow soil permeability, shallow soil cover or property setbacks a mound system can be installed. A mound is a drainfield that is built above the natural soil surface. The mound is composed of a sand fill that has a gravel-filled bed and a network of small diameter pipes known as the distribution system. From the pump chamber, effluent is pumped through the pipes in controlled, low pressure doses so that uniform distribution is achieved throughout the bed. Treatment occurs as the effluent moves through the sand and returns to the natural soil.
Drainfield: A drainfield is a network of perforated pipes (or “laterals”) laid in gravel-filled trenches or beds. Effluent trickles out of the pipes, through the gravel layer, and into the soil where further treatment occurs. The soil filters the wastewater as it passes (or “percolates) through the pore spaces and the soil microbes treat it before it eventually enters the groundwater. These processes work best where the soil is somewhat dry, permeable, and contains plenty of oxygen for several feet below the drainfield.
Open Discharge: When local building codes allow for a pump out system effluent can be simply discharged onto the ground. Lot size and setbacks from property lines and buildings have to be maintained for this type of a system to be used.
