Socogetra-exelio is proud to present its domestic effluent treatment system, now in operation, based on the two-stage reed filter principle (vertical flow).
But howdoesthe principle of reed filters work?
The effluent flows by vertical percolation through a mass of fine gravel. This filter bed allows suspended matter to be retained on the surface of the filter, where it accumulates.
The reeds that are planted in the filters have the particularity of forming a root tissue and a network of galleries that drain, bring oxygen and serve as a support for aerobic bacteria.
These bacteria have a role of degradation and mineralization of the organic matter, which then becomes assimilable by the plants.
The union CMI-Balteau/exelio/Socogetra is building the Eisch Amont – Steinfort wastewater treatment plant and presents it to you below by means of an aerial view video made by the subcontractor Mersch.
The work is progressing quickly and well and the work will soon be able to treat the wastewater of 15,600 inhabitants, 80% of whom are Grand Ducals!