Biolytix

Frans Gerber

Biolytix provides an ingenious solution to onsite wastewater treatment and re-use. Biolytix is the only sewerage and wastewater treatment system to win a Global Eco-Tech Award at the World Expo in Japan, 2005. Biolytix was judged to be one of the world's "globally significant environmental technologies that contribute significantly to the resolution of global environmental problems and the realisation of a sustainable future”.

Biolytix is a household wastewater treatment system, which converts waste into a re-usable resource in the garden. It has been successfully implemented at destinations such as the award winning Pezula Private Estate, Longridge Winery, Bushmanskloof Lodge, Groenvlei Eco-Lodge, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Lynedoch Village, Angola Onguma Safari Lodge, the Algeria campsite in the Cedarberg as well as Sugarbird Manor, the World Wildlife Fund’s guesthouse in Stellenbosch.

The Biolytix filtration process is a self-sustaining, aerobic treatment process where oxygen-breathing bacteria and other larger organisms (generally earth worms) decompose sewage and organic wastes. Unlike many conventional treatment processes, this process is odour-free, uses no chemicals and does not create any by-products such as sludge. This significant advantage means that the on-site treatment system can be located close to developments and households.