🌱 Conversion of an old WWTP into a constructed wetland with a capacity of 300 liters per day
đź“ŤPREĹ OV REGION -
In this project, we connected the constructed wetland to the original wastewater treatment plant, which had been demanding for the owner to operate and regularly maintain. Inside the existing treatment plant, we installed a sedimentation tank – a septic tank, where coarse debris is trapped and settles. The pre-treated water then flows by gravity through a diverter into the ECOPULZ dosing chamber. ECOPULZ is a pulse water doser that operates entirely without electrical power. It delivers water in regular pulses onto a vertical filter, ensuring its even distribution across the entire surface and regular oxygenation of the filter. The water subsequently trickles vertically through layers of gravel and sand, where its natural biological purification takes place. The entire system works gravitationally, without electricity and without mechanical parts, significantly simplifying its operation and reducing maintenance costs.
đź“Š Here is basic information about the construction in numbers:
đź’§ System capacity: 300 liters of water per day
⚡️ Electricity consumption: 0 kWh
⚙️ Mechanical parts: 0
🪨 Filter media used: 10 tons
đź“… Implementation time: 3 days
đź‘· Work team: 3 people
⌚️ Work and travel: 36 hours
đźšś Machinery used: 2 machines
đźš—Dumper operation: 12 hours
♻️Utilization of the original WWTP: installation of a sedimentation tank – septic tank
The implementation was challenging mainly due to limited space and difficult access. All 10 tons of filter media had to be gradually transported using a dumper and then placed directly into the filter. Even an old and operationally demanding treatment plant can be transformed, with proper modifications, into a simpler, more economical, and more natural wastewater treatment system.
Key characteristics:
âś… utilization of the original treatment plant
âś… diverter and ECOPULZ pulse doser
âś… completely zero electricity
âś… no mechanical parts
âś… simple and low-maintenance operation
âś… natural biological treatment
âś… solution suitable even for spatially constrained conditions
