The example of a constructed wetland in Germany, visit report of "Lamberstmuehle"

Decentralisied waste-water treatment for a building with 8 to 1000 people

06.04.2005 |Sascha Gabizon

Photo: The reed plants seen in this photo are the 16m2 water-treatment wetland for the Lambertsmuehle museum

In view of the planned demonstration projects on decentralized waste-water treatment for villages in Bulgaria and Armenia, we published this short report on the visit to "Lambertsmühle" .

The museum of Lamberstmühle in Germany has 8 permanent inhabitants, and up to 1000 visitors a day. The museum has ecological toilets and urinoirs, which use little water for flushing. The waste-water is conducted to a planted soil filter of 16m2 where the water is cleaned through pebbles and reed plants. The clean water which comes out is of good quality, better than the EU norms for bathing water.

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