Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW)
Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd. have invested 2.5 acres of land at Dunhill Ecopark for Integrated Constructed Wetlands [ICW]. These wetlands naturally treat all the waste-water generated at Dunhill Ecopark and Dunhill GAA. We are committed to improving our environment performance and our wetlands are reducing not only our own negative impact on the environment but also those of our tenant companies.
What are Wetlands?
Integrated constructed wetlands are a designed and managed system of saturated substrates (wet mud/earth), wetland plants (willow, miscanthus and others), microbial communities (organisms that break down waste) and water that stimulates the functioning of natural wetlands for human use and benefits.
How do they work?
Basically, a constructed wetland is a wastewater treatment facility that cleans dirty water, naturally. They are designed, built and operated through human technology but are based on processes that occur in natural wetlands as it is the plants themselves that clean the water. Constructed wetlands are complex integrated systems, (which is why they are called Integrated Constructed Wetlands) in which water, plants, micro-organisms, the sun, subsrate and air interact to improve water quality.
What are they used for?
Integrated constructed wetlands can effectively remove pollutants associated with residential, agricultural, municipal and industrial wastewater and stormwater, and are especially efficient at removing contaminants such as BOD, suspended solids, nitrogen, phosphorous, heavy metals and even complex organic molecules.
They are used in a variety situations to treat:
- Sewage for households and communities Residential and municipal effluent
- Industrial wastewater tertiary treatment
- Agricultural wastewater (milkhouse wash water, nutrient-rich run off)
- Aquaculture waste
- Stormwater run off
- Acid mine drainage
- Landfill leachate
What are Wetlands?
Integrated constructed wetlands are a designed and managed system of saturated substrates (wet mud/earth), wetland plants (willow, miscanthus and others), microbial communities (organisms that break down waste) and water that stimulates the functioning of natural wetlands for human use and benefits.
How do they work?
Basically, a constructed wetland is a wastewater treatment facility that cleans dirty water, naturally. They are designed, built and operated through human technology but are based on processes that occur in natural wetlands as it is the plants themselves that clean the water. Constructed wetlands are complex integrated systems, (which is why they are called Integrated Constructed Wetlands) in which water, plants, micro-organisms, the sun, subsrate and air interact to improve water quality.
What are they used for?
Integrated constructed wetlands can effectively remove pollutants associated with residential, agricultural, municipal and industrial wastewater and stormwater, and are especially efficient at removing contaminants such as BOD, suspended solids, nitrogen, phosphorous, heavy metals and even complex organic molecules.
They are used in a variety situations to treat:
- Sewage for households and communities Residential and municipal effluent
- Industrial wastewater tertiary treatment
- Agricultural wastewater (milkhouse wash water, nutrient-rich run off)
- Aquaculture waste
- Stormwater run off
- Acid mine drainage
- Landfill leachate
