About Us | ARM Reed Beds

ARM Ltd is a privately owned company which began trading in 1947 as agricultural engineers. Operating from its head office in Rugeley, Staffordshire, ARM has been committed to the development and application of natural wastewater treatment systems using reed beds and constructed wetland technology since the 1980s.

Alongside the development of reed bed technology, ARM has invested in client support services at the pre-contract, implementation and after-sales stages of a project.

We offer a comprehensive service to our clients covering consultancy, design, project management, construction and aftercare. We are a founder member of the Constructed Wetland Association and have ISO 9001-2000 and ISO 14001 accreditation and UVDB Verify Certification.

Underpinning our comprehensive range of services is our continuous programme of product and application development. This work is reported regularly by ARM staff and associates in published papers at international wetland conferences and journals.

Staff at ARM come from a variety of backgrounds including engineering, biology, geology, design, project management, waste management, and environmental management, culminating in widespread in-house experience and expertise specialising in the water industry.

Our client base is extensive both in terms of the range of applications and the size of the installations. ARM have designed and constructed more than 400 reed bed systems providing wastewater treatment for a whole range of applications including

We continue to pioneer new and innovative ideas. Recent developments include aggregate recycling to reduce landfill cost and material usage, trialling alternative reed bed configurations to improve performance in contaminant removal and expanded our asset management and refurbishment services.