Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| URL | http://www.iwaponline.com/wst/05110/wst051100129.htm |
| Title (Primary) | Aspects of design, structure, performance and operation of reed beds - eight years' experience in northeastern New South Wales, Australia |
| Author | Davison, L.; Headley, T.; Pratt, K. |
| Source Titel | Water Science and Technology |
| Year | 2005 |
| Department | UBZ |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Page From | 129 |
| Page To | 138 |
| Language | englisch |
| Abstract | Reed beds (horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands) have been employed as secondary treatment devices in on-site and decentralised wastewater management systems in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) for over a decade. This paper summarises some of the practical and research findings that have come to light in that time. Experience with various aspects of reed bed structure is discussed. A study of the evaporative performance of four small beds planted with Phragmites australis yielded an annual crop factor of 2.6. A total of 28 studies on reed beds treating a variety of commonly encountered wastewater streams yielded the following mean pollutant removal efficiencies: total suspended solids (TSS) 83%, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) 81%, total nitrogen (TN) 57%, total phosphorus (TP) 35% and faecal coliforms (FC) 1.9 logs. The reed bed is becoming the preferred on-site technology for removing TN and BOD and polishing TSS from primary settled domestic wastewater. Sizing beds for a residence time of approximately five days has become standard practice. A study of six reed beds found six different species of earthworm present, mainly Perionyx excavatus (Indian Blue). A mesocosm experiment subsequently showed that the worms were translocating clogging material from the substrate interstices to the surface of the bed thereby indicating a possible method for prolonging reed bed life |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=3270 |
| Davison, L., Headley, T., Pratt, K. (2005): Aspects of design, structure, performance and operation of reed beds - eight years' experience in northeastern New South Wales, Australia Water Sci. Technol. 51 (10), 129 - 138 |
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