Low-cost water treatment systems

The project aims to develop an anaerobic sorption biofilter as a modular device for constructed wettlands targeted to leachate, landfill, mine and agriculture water with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and plant protective (biocides) contamination. Effective clean-up of these waters before the release into watercourse often encounters the obstacle of infrastructure absence (access road, electricity network, professional service staff). Constructed wettlands represent an optimal low-cost solution for such a case. The developed anaerobic sorption biofilter will serve as a passive stage for the protection of constructed wettlands with pronounced load of toxic pollutants, which would otherwise threaten the function of root cleaning in the constructed wettland.

This project is funded with state support from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic