Nutrient recycling · Northwest Arkansas
Wastewater becomes working land.
A new kind of nutrient recycling has come to Northwest Arkansas. BBB Septic built Cleanwater Farm so septic and portable-toilet wastewater can be filtered, treated, and returned as hay, trees, bio-char, and clean water — instead of stacking more load on municipal plants.
Operated by BBB Septic and Portable Toilets · (479) 271-0058
- BBB Septic, licensed NWA operator
- Start-to-finish filtration
- Land application with The Beast
- Clean water to trees and soil
The pressure
The region is growing faster than the plants beneath it.
Northwest Arkansas has been experiencing tremendous growth. Utilities have been struggling to keep up — and wastewater is one of the first systems to feel it.
Septic pumping and portable toilets still have to go somewhere. When municipal plants are already under pressure, haulers and communities need another responsible path that does not simply add more gallons to the same queue.
Cleanwater Farm is that path: recycle the nutrients, return the water, and take load off the municipal system.
The guide
BBB Septic built the farm. The farm finishes the loop.
BBB Septic and Portable Toilets is a licensed Northwest Arkansas septic and portable toilet operator. Cleanwater Farm is the start-to-finish filtration and recycling process we use for the wastewater we collect.
It is a regional process: collect, filter, treat, apply or de-water, then put clean water and solids back to work on designated land.
Headquarters: 4149 Cook Rd, Bentonville, AR 72713. Office hours Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m..
The plan
Here’s how it works.
A start-to-finish filtration and recycling process — from the truck to holding tanks, The Beast, the de-watering unit, the tree farm, and the aquifer.
01
Collect and screen
Our team collects wastewater from septic and portable toilet customers in the region. At the nearest drop-off, the load transfers into a holding tank through a filter that removes trash and large debris.
02
Treat the load
A bulk hauler pulls from the storage tanks and blends natural additives into the load. That step is designed to kill pathogens and bacteria and neutralize odor before the liquid moves on.
03
Apply or de-water
After the second filtering, liquid either waits for de-watering or rides out with our land application vehicle — The Beast — onto designated fields where we grow hay for livestock. Held liquid is stirred so solids stay suspended until there is enough for a full de-watering cycle, then pumped through a polymer blending system into the de-watering unit.
04
Return water and solids
Clear water flows to another holding tank, then to the tree farm or large absorption areas. Nutrient-rich water irrigates decorative evergreens plus oak and maple for landscaping. Excess water moves through the soil for further purification and re-enters underground water tables. Separated solids become fertilizer on designated fields or bio-char — charcoal used as heating fuel and as a filter additive in chicken and turkey houses to help absorb airborne toxins such as ammonia.
Success
What the water becomes.
Adding Cleanwater Farm to the wastewater picture in Northwest Arkansas means every gallon processed in this system helps relieve pressure on municipal wastewater systems.
01
Hay for livestock
The Beast applies treated liquid on designated fields where we grow hay for livestock use — nutrients staying in an agricultural loop instead of a municipal queue.
02
A working tree farm
Nutrient-rich clean water irrigates trees grown for retail: decorative evergreens and oak and maple varieties for landscaping.
03
Fertilizer and bio-char
Separated solids are used as fertilizer on designated fields or processed into bio-char for heating fuel and as a charcoal filter additive in poultry houses.
04
Water back to the aquifer
Absorption areas let excess clean water move down through the soil for further purification until it re-enters underground water tables.
Questions
What the farm is, who runs it, how to call.
BBB Septic operates Cleanwater Farm — the nutrient-recycling process for septic and portable-toilet wastewater we collect.
- What is Cleanwater Farm?
- Cleanwater Farm is a nutrient-recycling process in Northwest Arkansas. BBB Septic and Portable Toilets operates it for septic and portable-toilet wastewater the company collects.
- Who operates Cleanwater Farm?
- BBB Septic and Portable Toilets, a licensed Northwest Arkansas septic and portable toilet operator (WWJD, INC). The published office is 4149 Cook Rd, Bentonville, AR 72713. Call (479) 271-0058 or email info@thecleanwaterfarm.com.
- What does the process return to the land?
- The process is a start-to-finish loop: collect and screen the load, treat it, then apply or de-water. Treated liquid is used on designated hay fields and a tree farm; separated solids become fertilizer or bio-char; remaining water moves through absorption areas toward groundwater.
- How do I get septic or portable toilet service?
- Contact BBB Septic and Portable Toilets. They operate Cleanwater Farm and handle septic and portable-toilet service from the same office.
Contact
Talk with the team that runs the farm.
Questions about nutrient recycling, land application, or how Cleanwater Farm fits the NWA wastewater picture? Write or call the BBB Septic office.
BBB Septic and Portable Toilets
Operator of Cleanwater Farm
- info@thecleanwaterfarm.com
- (479) 271-0058
- 4149 Cook Rd, Bentonville, AR 72713
- Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.