Clackamas becomes testing CCC, Japanese
ground for foreign sewage firms strike up
treatment unit BIO MAX valued friendship
Clackamas Community
College has been selected as
one of two schools in the na
tion to conduct an revolu
tionary experiment with a new
sewage treatment unit
patented by the Japanese and
licensed through a local
distributor.
“The ’Bio-max’ system is
designed to replace the septic
system in widespread use to
day,” John Lewis, water
technology chairman at the
College said.
The system is an enclosed
fiberglass sewage treatment
unit designed to intercept
wastewater from homes, and
through biological action,
convert it into water safe for
use in irrigation.
The Department of En
vironmental Quality has com
missioned the College to con
duct a feasibility study on the
unit to determine if it is en
vironmentally safe for public
use.
Lewis said that the system
would work well for the per
son wanting to live in a remote
area, and yet did not want to
deal with a septic system.
The wastewater from the
Bio-max unit can be dispersed
in three ways, Lewis said. It
can be released into the sur
face water system including
streams and rivers, which is
commonly done in Japan; it
can be disposed of into the
underground system, similar
to the septic tank system, but
far more desirable because it
would
not
clog
an
underground drainfield like a
normal septic system; or it can
be put into holding tanks an
used to irrigate crops, Lewis
added. It is this third option
that the College will be ex
amining closely.
Lewis said that the
manufacturer and its represen
tatives has born all the ex
penses involved with the set-up
of the system. He said that if
an equipment expense ever
arose because of the unit, the
manufacturer would also foot
that bill.
The unit is in place at the
College, but is awaiting the ar
rival of a blower unit from
Japan before the experiment
will begin. The blower is due
any day.
Lewis said there is a license
to produce the bio-max unit in
the United States, and with
local production, the unit
should cost between $2,000
and $2,500.
Clackamas Communtiy
College has gained a new
friend.
Japanese industrialists,
through their American
distributors, are beginning to
nurture a friendship with the
College that stands to benefit
both institutions.
The latest gesture is the
donation of three computer
hard-disk drives for the plann
ed expansion of the College’s
instructional computer pro
gram. Earlier this month,
Clackamas learned it had been
selected as one of two colleges
in the nation to conduct a
revolutionary experiment with
a new sewage treatment unit
patented by the Japanese.
Last Week, Fujitsu, Japan’s
largest computer manufac
turer, delivered the disk drives
for use in the College’s
Mathematics/Computer
Science Department.
Department Chairment Jim
Streeter said the unsolicited
donation would greatly im
prove the storage capacity for
computer science work sta
tions. -
Fujitsu plans to build a new
disk-drive manufacturing
plant in Hillsboro, company
spokesman Roland Van Dyke
said, who added that students
trained with thhe latest com
puter technology would be
likely candidates for employ
ment at Fujitsu’s new plant.
“The industrial world can
not survive unless it has sup
port from education,” Van
Dyke said.
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