Why Choose a Reed Bed?

Reed bed systems offer a number of significant benefits. They save costs, are easy to operate, and they are also environmentally safe.

What can you expect a Soil Based Reed Bed to achieve?
Reed beds can help to achieve a better standard of water quality through:
· High level of bacterial and viral removal
· Decreased biological oxygen demand
· Reduction of suspended solids
· Reduction of nitrogen and phosphorous concentrations

Robust and Effective Treatment
The many natural processes operating within such engineered ecosystems are dynamic, robust, and offer a very powerful cleaning and recycling capacity that is very difficult to reproduce mechanically or chemically.

The systems are not susceptible to effluent changes and are able to withstand shock loadings, while maintaining a consistent discharge quality.

No By-products
Throughout their operational lifetime, reed bed treatment systems designed for the most common applications produce no noises or smells.

They produce no sludges or other by-products that might incur additional costs of disposal.

Long-lasting, with Very Low Maintenance Costs
Reed bed systems can operate at costs of up to 90% less than conventional alternatives. With little (if any) electrical or mechanical parts, reed bed systems are long lasting, wear free, and naturally regenerative.

Being self regulated systems, they are simple to operate without chemical additives or complex electronic controls. Consequently, operational costs of reed beds are very low, and system lifetimes are very long.

Environmentally Safe
By investing in a reed bed treatment system, companies you not only benefit from the above advantages, but can also truly claim to be protecting the environment and bringing human activity into balance with nature.

An additional environmental benefit is that reed beds offer wildlife conservation potential. Our large industrial systems are often monitored by keen bird spotters and been considered a nature reserve. Equally, it is likely your Reed Bed will become a habitat for wildlife.