Flora-Reed Bed Technology (STP) by Ionberg Technologies And Chemicals

FLORAREED BED is a scientifically developed systematic treatment methodology for waste water based on Reed Bed Technology with or without combination of tertiary treatment.

FLORAREED BED combines Physical, Biological and Chemical processes.

Works on gravity

No electric power requirement

Scalable technology

Easy to maintain

Adds to aesthetics

Cost effective

Contaminant removal mechanisms

The physical, chemical and biological contaminant removal

mechanisms that are operative in aquatic treatment systems include:

Physical:-

Sedimentation

Filtration

Adsorption

Volatilization

Chemical:-

Precipitation

Adsorption

Hydrolysis reactions

Oxidation - reduction

Photochemical reactions

Biological:-

Bacterial metabolism

Plant metabolism

Plant absorption

ADVANTAGES of the Technology

CONSISTENT DISCHARGE QUALITY

Such engineered ecosystems have a superior capacity to tolerate wide variations in effluent characteristics, and to withstand shock loadings, without damage or disruption to treatment and so maintaining a consistent discharge quality.

NO BY-PRODUCTS

FLORAREED BED systems produce no noise or smells and no sludges or other by-products with associated additional costs of disposal.

VERSATILITY

A particular strength of the technology is that, although it is not a general panacea for every waste treatment situation, it can be used in many different ways for different purposes. lt can be used as primary or secondary treatment for a wide variety of effluents and sludges. To date, we have knowledge of the decomposition of some thousand compounds in reed bed systems.

FLORAREED BED systems can be used to treat effluents which are surprisingly concentrated as well as effluents with difficult pollutants too dilute to treat by conventional means but which remain too dangerous to release into the environment.

FLORAREED BED systems can be used to recycle water and even precious contaminates which are bound into the substrate such as copper.

They can also play a cost effective role in the containment and treatment of storm-water overflows.

ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE BENEFICIAL

FLORAREED BED systems in their construction and operation are environmentally benign, as in essence they are specially engineered ecosystems, using substantially natural components to harness nature's own powerful processes. The tall attractive reeds in such systems not only blend pleasantly with the local landscape, but also offer considerable amenity and wildlife

conservation potential. As a spin-off benefit, reed bed systems can recreate ,,natural" wetland habitats which are otherwise fast disappearing around the world, and for this reason alone their use is likely to be enthusiastically supported by many influential people and organisations.