Author Topic: Where to outflow from reed bed system  (Read 1837 times)

Peter Starck

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Where to outflow from reed bed system
« on: June 04, 2010, 04:48:39 PM »
My Building Control Officer is happy for me to use a Klargester Reed Bed System to further treat the water from my WPL Diamond DMS2 sewage treatment plant. I would like to discharge from the reed beds to a bog garden but the BCO wants to know how large a bog garden would be needed. Klargester don't know and I can't find a source that the BCO will accept. Any ideas?

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Re: Where to outflow from reed bed system
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2010, 10:02:43 PM »
And where after the bog garden??

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Re: Where to outflow from reed bed system
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2010, 08:23:47 AM »
The plants will take up some of the water, some will evaporate, and the remainder will soak through the soil. This is for a new build which will be a Passivhaus and water usage will be low, at around 70litres per person, compared to the average.