Septic

What is a Reed Bed Treatment Plant?

Treatment plants use either an oxygenation process to promote a more active breakdown process or with our Reed Bed System using natural vegetation to remove nutrients and allow high quality water through to be then irrigated through our quality grey water irrigation dripper system. This delivers a much higher quality effluent and the distribution via drippers allows for higher distribution of water via trans-filtration or absorption.

Higher Effluent Quality means good water quality which is kind to our rivers, streams, groundwater supplies and our neighbours.

In all instances a land capability study is required.

Reed bed treatment systems have grown in popularity in recent years and have occured naturally in their own environment for a considerable time.

All Reed Beds must be carefully constructed to ensure effective and full treatment of the all household and commercial sewerage waste. There are four process in the treatment Chain, first of which is the Primary Treatment (Septic) effluent thens flows to Horizontal Reed Bed and then flows to Vertical Reed Bed for final clarifying before being Distributed Underground via the irrigation lines for absorption into the soil and transpiration into the atmosphere via plant or grass growth to the surface.

The principle of the treatment of sewage by Reed Beds is relatively simple. Oxygen is very important to promoting micro-organisms to break down waste or impurities that can cause diseases and illness if in contact with skin or has been ingested. The Common Reed (Phragmites Australis) has the ability to transfer oxygen from the air, down through its stem, porous speta and rhizomes, and out via the rhizosphere (root system.)

As a result of this action, a very high population of micro-organisms occurs in the rhizosphere, with zones of aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic conditions. Therefore with the waste water moving very slowly and carefully through the mass of reed roots, this liquid can be successfully treated in a manner somewhat similar to the conventional biological filter bed systems of sewage treatment plants.

Reed Bed Sewage Treatment Systems can be used to treat a variety of pollution loadings, but great care must always be exercised in their design and implementation and installation to achieve maximum efficiency. This must be carried out by our trained service technicians.

The Reed Bed System will treat all wastewater for such a diverse range of purposes from domestic households, public toilet blocks, schools, hospitals, motels to even larger scale commercial properties.

Advantages of Red Bed Waste Treament Systems

• Servicing interval for Reed Beds is once a year
• Reeds create a pleasant green oasis in your garden all year round
• The resulting treated water can be used on your garden through drippers and is safe to the environment
• Reed Bed Waste Systems are an Environmentally Sustainable System “just add waste-water”