CONTROLLED MIDWEST UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH • BUILT FOR REAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
SEPTIC TECHNOLOGY
BUILT DIFFERENT.
Research-backed wastewater treatments designed to support biological activity for homeowners, RV owners, and wastewater professionals.
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Choose the treatment for your system.
You should not have to understand wastewater chemistry to know where to start.
3-Month Treatment
For regular residential septic system maintenance.
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6-Month Treatment
Longer-duration support for residential wastewater systems.
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Septic & Drain Field
For slow or stressed residential septic and drain field conditions.
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Holding Tank Treatment
Biological support for RV and marine holding tanks.
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Built on data. Not marketing hype.
HOTROD combines practical wastewater experience with controlled research conducted by Midwest Universities. The goal is simple: create products designed around wastewater biology and give customers a more informed way to care for their systems.
THE PROFESSIONAL LINE
Built for the people who work on wastewater systems every day.
HOTROD PRO, 911, FLO and FOG give septic pumpers, plumbers, drain cleaners, and wastewater professionals purpose-built options for the field.
CONTROLLED MIDWEST UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH
More biological digestion. Less unwanted gas.
Controlled laboratory bioreactor research conducted by Midwest Universities found a substantial increase in an individual VFA fermentation marker while methane and CO₂-equivalent emissions were significantly reduced under the tested conditions.
SELECTIVE BY DESIGN
Support the digestion. Reduce the gas.
Harsh disinfectants can suppress the microbial activity a wastewater system relies on. HOTROD takes a different approach. Controlled testing indicates the treatment can support fermentation while influencing pathways associated with unwanted gas production.
Research results reflect controlled laboratory bioreactor conditions. Actual field performance can vary with system design, loading, wastewater chemistry, temperature, maintenance, and other operating conditions.
Supports biological digestion & breakdown
Designed to support microbial processes involved in degrading organic waste.
Reduces unwanted gas production under tested conditions
Controlled research showed significant reductions in methane and CO₂-equivalent emissions under tested conditions.
Helps manage odor
Designed around waste degradation and gas-producing biological pathways rather than relying on a disinfecting approach.
Designed for challenging wastewater conditions
Selected microorganisms are intended to remain active across the wastewater environments addressed by the HOTROD product line.
Supports organic-waste management beyond the tank
Product-specific formulations are designed for septic, drain, holding-tank, and grease applications.
FIELD-LED. RESEARCH-DRIVEN.
Built in the field. Tested in controlled research.
HOTROD grew out of hands-on wastewater work, then moved into controlled bioreactor research to better understand what was happening biologically. These are the two sides of the same story.
REAL-WORLD RESULTS
Performance you can actually see
Controlled research matters. So do field results.
FIELD FEEDBACK
What customers are seeing.
Real-world feedback from homeowners using HOTROD in their own septic systems.
"I dug up my tank today fully expecting a nearly clogged filter that I’d have to clean. I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES when I saw the filter was without ANY of the build up sludge I’d seen in the past. This stuff legit works! I’m so confident in it that I won’t dig that tank up for at least another year"
- Kyle
RESIDENTIAL & RV PRODUCTS
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