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Horizontal Reed Beds
MTM
can
undertake the
installation of horizontal flow reed bed units that are designed to act
as a final tertiary treatment of effluent from a sewage
treatment
plant.
These
units are sometimes
required where the Environment Agency require an additional treatment
level to that already produced by a treatment plant.
A
reed bed works by the
reeds releasing oxygen through their roots into the "reed bed". The Reed Bed is
made from a reed called, Phragmites australis.
The reeds pass
oxygen, absorbed by their leaf system, via their stems and rhizomes to
their roots - the Rhizosphere. Effluent water passing around the roots
is purified by the immense population of micro-organisms living in the
Rhizosphere.
Two small reed bed units are generally all
that is
required
for a single house unit and they require very little maintenance.
Please contact us for
further advise on reed beds.
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