Posted: Fri Nov 05, 04 6:36 pm Post subject: Reedbed water treatment
Having seen it last night on BRC, I figure that great men think alike as we plan to divert all our dirty water & sewage through a reed bed system- anyone else already done/doing it?
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 04 6:37 pm Post subject:
I'd love to hear more about it, it did sound fascinating.
That was quick jema! It is something we have planned for years now & I'm looking forward to putting it into practise. It is a fascinating process- though not everyone seems to get quite as excited about a sewage treatment system Our's should deal with both domestic & agricultural waste, so it will kill two birds with one stone.
Yeah it is fast. There was I think a Tomorrow's World special or maybe a Geoff Hamilton one off that showed that the pure water could be out in a matter of weeks.
The Mars mission planners are using leafy greens to do the same sort of thing.
My mistake, I am not looking at a reedbed system, it's a "Wetland Ecosystem Treatment" facility- the difference being the lack of gravel & the more complex use of multispecies planting So, if anyone has a W.E.T. system, I'd be interested to hear about it...
Dorset seems a long way to go to poke around in a bog
as we plan to divert all our dirty water & sewage through a reed bed system- anyone else already done/doing it?
Our's should deal with both domestic & agricultural waste, so it will kill two birds with one stone. 
So, if anyone has a W.E.T. system, I'd be interested to hear about it...
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