Our Future Needs Reeds Reedbed's are natures sewage and purification system,
MODERN REED BED FILTRATION SYSTEMS.
Part of the landscape.
A reed bed normally needs a filtration component because without one it would be like unfiltered coffee. So why are reed beds built without the basic elements for success, which is measured by adherence to discharge consent levels, non one knows. It maybe of course that it is because it has always been done like that. This may be a contentious statement but it does highlight oversights in the construction of some waste water treatment wetlands and ecosystems. Filters are not new, it is the materials and their integration that is new.
The main criteria for design of any reed bed should be discharge compliance, this means maintenance of filters and active bacteria inoculations plus plant husbandry as the very basic activities. It goes without saying that the integrated component design of treatment stages is well matched to the site and the effluent, because there is no such thing as a generic “one size fits all” design. However, this does mean that their should be any compromise on the beauty and pleasure in the landscape that a reed bed can provide.
The best reed bed treatment systems are where the owners consider themselves to be farmers, farmers of micro organisms. Ownership of a reed bed should have the same lasting pride as ownership of prize winning breeding stock.
Reed beds are good for carbon dioxide emission capture and sequestration, and add considerably to the local bio diversity, but most of all they can provide a well balanced safe waste water treatment solution to many developments with massive cost benefits.
Every septic tank should be built with a reed bed to treat effluent discharge and control odour, because reed beds can be almost any shape and they do distract from the septic tank area.
The only remaining question is how can all these admirable criteria be met in reed bed design and functionality. The answer is EM, effective microorganisms, these are natural bacteria that are used in over 116 countries worldwide, therefore their pedigree is proven, and they breakdown the pollutants into safe constituents.
Read our page ‘Blowing In The Wind’ for more information about reed beds and the use of Effective Microorganisms in the natural breakdown process within the reed bed.
Another issue is why use a reed bed at all, is it just a way of “going green”. Well the answer is yes, because this “going green” method delivers huge environmental and cost benefits to many waste treatment problems.
Therefore, we only build and design modern reed beds to treat waste water with integral filtration components. Filtration is a major element in achieving discharge compliance with BOD levels, and unless the correct levels of BOD are met a reed bed system is not considered viable.