Finding solutions to agricultural run-off from farmyards and housed livestock was our principal focus when we first started to design and construct reed beds in the 1980’s
Although initial results indicated that agricultural wastewater containing swine and dairy effluent were too strong for traditional passive reed beds, new advances in wetland technology and the introduction of Forced Bed AerationTM has provided a natural solution to these high strength effluents.
The installation of a reed bed system for the treatment of contaminated water on a farm can bring particular ecological benefits, are cost-effective and a long-term solution to a long-term problem.
PROJECTS
- Yaxley – RB Organics site treating vegetable washwater
