Wetland Ecosystems are Earth's Kidneys - capturing carbon, recycling nutrients, purifying and water Constructed
wetlands are excellent at treating wastewater rich in organic
compounds. This may include winery and brewery wastes, greywater,
sewage, feedlot runoff, and more. They are effective because nutrients
and pathogens are consumed through microbial decomposition and they are
effecient because they require little energy. Furthermore, water from
constructed wetlands can be recycled, both for irrigation, and then
through infiltration into the groundwater table (traditional wastewater
treatment often bypasses groundwater recharge, releasing water directly
to lakes and rivers and speeding up the hydrologic cycle).
Constructed
wetlands can be effective on many levels, from treating water with a
high BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) to waters that are relatively clean
already such as natural swimming pools.
swimming pools.