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First of all, let's not confuse microbes with enzymes.
Microbes are living bacteria that are activated in water
and will continue to work in drains and septic systems
long after their first use. Like yeasts, these microbes
will die if there's nothing for them to eat, and boiling
water can kill them. But in a moderate environment,
there's nothing that some useful microbes like better than to
chow down on a big, hairy, greasy chunk of clog. They
actually eat it?soap, food, grease and all?and turn
solids into liquids. But microbes can do more than eat
up clogs. The little bugs?some 90 billion per gallon of
liquid? do a bang-up job cleaning all sorts of areas
where you need some serious cleaning action but don't
want chemical run-off to damage your lawn or run into
the groundwater. When you shop for microbial drain
cleaners, make sure you know the concentration of
bacteria in the product you buy. One of the reasons
Drainbo works as well as it does is that it contains the
highest count of bacteria on the market. The folks at
Drainbo test each batch for quality, so you always know
you're getting the best. You can use microbial drain
cleaner in gravel or asphalt dog runs without harming
the dogs or the surrounding soil. On rocky ground, the
microbes that wash into the gravel continue to work,
eating waste and clearing up odors.
Other excellent uses for microbial drain cleaners
include septic tanks and holding tanks for RVs. In the
septic system, microbes that wash down the drain take up
residence in the drain, the pipes and the tank. In the
drain, they work to prevent potential clogs, eating
grease or soap products. They work in pipes as well,
preventing or dissolving potential clogs further down
the line. In the septic tank, microbes eat and digest
solid waste at such a rate that the tank can be
maintained indefinitely. And when microbes are working
in the septic system, you get more than extended septic
life: drains smell clean and fresh.
Because microbes actually digest waste, they can get
rid of bad smells in places as varied as porta-potties,
camp showers and RV holding tanks. They can sweeten up
the smell of garbage disposals, too. And because
microbes stay in place and work long after being
introduced to a drain, while enzymes tend to work once
and die off, drains can stay clean indefinitely with the
use of a relatively small amount of microbial drain
cleaner.
In fact, microbes can be put to use nearly anywhere
that waste meets water. Used in large,
environmentally-based wastewater treatment plants,
microbes work as sewage is put through initial treatment
in holding tanks, after which the waste water is run
through a series of ponds. Microbes in the ponds clean
the water through a stepped cleaning process, resulting
in sewage treatment that creates clean water with no
chemicals. While many traditional water treatments
involve the use of chlorine, which is harmful to the
environment, microbial water treatment systems create no
pollutants. Microbes are even being used to clean up
serious environmental problems such as oil spills.
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