Wastewater treatment systems for domestic, commercial, and industrial use comprised of water filtering units containing integrated risers, lids, basins, adapters, recirculation devices, chlorinators, fixed film filtering media, fixed film treatment media, air compressors, valves, grommets, alarms, switches, distribution boxes, siphons and pump vaults for use in connection with septic tanks, onsite wastewater systems and effluent discharge systems; effluent discharge systems comprised of integrated risers, lids, basins, adapters, recirculation devices, chlorinators, fixed film treatment media, fixed film filtering media, air compressors, valves, grommets, alarms, switches, distribution boxes, siphons, pump vaults, self-contained waste water filter units, PVC plastic piping, and filtering media composed of foam or coir media; wastewater filters; filtered pump vaults; effluent flow dividers; and effluent flow directors; Self-contained wastewater filter units for use in connection with septic tanks, onsite wastewater systems and effluent discharge systems; PVC plastic piping for use in connection with wastewater filters, septic tanks, effluent discharge systems and onsite wastewater systems; Cases made of plastic for wastewater filters; Filtering media composed of foam or coir media for use in connection with septic tanks, onsite wastewater systems and effluent discharge systems; and water filters for removing solids from septic tank drain fields