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Rob R



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reedbed water treatment Reply with quote
    

Having seen it last night on BRC, I figure that great men think alike as we plan to divert all our dirty water & sewage through a reed bed system- anyone else already done/doing it?

jema
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'd love to hear more about it, it did sound fascinating.

jema

Rob R



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That was quick jema! It is something we have planned for years now & I'm looking forward to putting it into practise. It is a fascinating process- though not everyone seems to get quite as excited about a sewage treatment system Our's should deal with both domestic & agricultural waste, so it will kill two birds with one stone.

See: https://www.johnstonsmith.co.uk/fact17.html for more info.

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jema
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I was a bit staggered with the program last night kind of implying it could be up and running quicker than a plumber fixing a tap

jema

mrutty



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yeah it is fast. There was I think a Tomorrow's World special or maybe a Geoff Hamilton one off that showed that the pure water could be out in a matter of weeks.

The Mars mission planners are using leafy greens to do the same sort of thing.

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The thing I've always wondered is how smelly they get

Rob R



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tahir wrote:
The thing I've always wondered is how smelly they get


Unless you go disturbing them, not at all

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Even right at the start? There were hardly any roots in HFW's and he was talking about starting uing it in a couple of weeks

Jon



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I believe the first proper paying customers were at the HQ in early June,
got a pic of it then

Pic of Reed Bed

That was taken 9th June, you can see how well it has grown.

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 04 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I don't have room for a reedbed but i can achieve the same thing with a biotank.

https://www.biotank.co.uk/

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 04 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Really, I'm just looking for someone who already has one, so I go around & have a poke about in it & pick up some tips

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 04 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That biotank looks really good and the firm's just up the road from me

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 04 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My mistake, I am not looking at a reedbed system, it's a "Wetland Ecosystem Treatment" facility- the difference being the lack of gravel & the more complex use of multispecies planting So, if anyone has a W.E.T. system, I'd be interested to hear about it...

Dorset seems a long way to go to poke around in a bog

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 04 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Didn't know there were so many options available.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 04 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tahir wrote:
Didn't know there were so many options available.


It's a big subject, when you look into it

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