Cloacina is a manufacturer and purveyor of stainless steel package wastewater treatment plants and equipment located on the Central Coast of California. The company is owned and managed by a family of licensed wastewater operators and maintenance mechanics, now four generations deep.
The company was founded in 2007 when the owners were serving on the management team of a wastewater operations and maintenance company. They were installing, operating and maintaining competitors’ wastewater treatment systems and saw a need for higher quality plants and equipment. Unable to find a package wastewater treatment plant that met their technical requirements, they launched Cloacina and began revolutionizing the industry.
PRIDE IN CRAFTMANSHIP. UNPARALLELED INGENUITY. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
At the heart of Cloacina, these are the values driving the production of each wastewater treatment plant.
Our basis of design is Metcalf and Eddy. While our products are revolutionary, we do not use radical, unproven designs. Our plants are engineered using universally agreed-upon principles of design.
All of our plants and equipment are manufactured from 304 stainless steel as a standard
We are the only manufacturer that fabricates, assembles and wet tests all of our plants and equipment as complete systems in-house prior to shipping
Cloacina is an open-source integrator and is not required to incorporate equipment supplied by subsidiaries or partners
We do not push proprietary technologies, subscriptions or chemicals
Our staff is made up of teams of highly-specialized engineers, draftsmen, fabricators, plumbers, electricians and controls technicians
In the time it takes to draft the average request for proposal, Cloacina builds two to three package wastewater treatment plants
Our plants are made with pride in America
Cloacina is the only Pacific manufacturer of package wastewater treatment plants
Legend has it that soon after the completion of the Cloaca Maxima, (the main sewer line constructed in the late 500’s BC in Rome), a statue of a woman was found in the sewers. Promptly rescued and cleaned, she became Cloacina, the Roman Goddess of the Sewer. Romans came to believe that Cloacina ruled over and protected their sanitary workers and the extensive sewer system they serviced.
While we may never know why that statue of the woman was thrown into the cloaca, the sewer system revolutionized cleanliness standards and daily life for the citizens of Rome, and made the once discarded statue, a revered goddess. Her importance is evidenced by the fact that a coin, still available today, was minted in her honor in 46 BC. Additionally, Titus Tatius had a Cloacina statue and shrine erected on the Roman Forum in the 8th Century BC. This shrine is believed to be located on the entrance to the sewer system — an ancient manhole. The foundations of this landmark are still visible in Rome.
