Constructed Wetlands Group, Inc. fills a key niche in the wastewater treatment sector by improving biosolids handling techniques.
Following are eight facts regarding our reed beds.
- Reduce volume of sludge up to 90%
- Dewater sludge through the root structure providing a hydraulic conduit and drainage of supernatant and water from biosolids
- Phragmites take up and release water through evapo-transpiration
- Mature monoculture of reeds effectively assimilates up to equivalent of 40-45 inches of accrued precipitation
- Extensive root structure provides environment for diverse and active microflora
- Mature plants transfer oxygen to root system, even against the pressure of six feet of water
- Reduction of volatile solids as low as 20-25%
- Eliminates the need for removal of the sludge residue for six to twelve years