What is it about?
This paper reports the performances during the first years of operation of the currently largest Treatment Wetland based on French design guidelines (French Reed Beds) exisiting worldwide. The plant is operating during winter in several cold climate conditions and is treating about 20000 pe, which is at the moment still a quite unusual value for the application of this technique. The treatment plant is located in the city of Orhei in Moldova and has been jointly co-funded by World Bank and European Community.
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Why is it important?
The shift to a larger scale of application for Constructed Wetlands in the treatment of domestic wastewater is demonstrated by this relevant experience as a successfull case-story. This shift is opening the chances of wider appliance at worldwide level for this robust, reliable and still quite unexpensive way (especially in terms of O&M costs) to treat wastewater.
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If the professionals of the water sector will read carefully the information provided in this paper, the urgent need of providing solutions for the still so high amount of wastewater discharged untreated in the worl could find a way for facing the scarse willingness to pay for this service.
Dr Fabio Masi
IRIDRA Srl
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This page is a summary of: Large scale application of French reed beds: municipal wastewater treatment for a 20,000 inhabitant's town in Moldova, Water Science & Technology, March 2017, IWA Publishing,
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2017.188.
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