Additional Info
In operation since: 2011
Type of wastewater treated: Domestic
Hydraulic load: 125 m3/d
Organic load (PE): 750 PE
Organic design load (kg BOD/day): 50
Location : Saint Bonnet le Froid, Haute Loire, France
Client : Town of Saint Bonnet le Froid
Stage 1 type: Vertical flow reed bed system (French system)
Stage 1 surface area (m²): 900
Stage 2 type: Vertical flow, unsaturated
Stage 2 surface area (m²): 600 m²
Cost: 473,000.00 €
Designed by SINBIO
Needs
The project was to create a reed bed filter (2 stages) to replace an old Imhoff tank. Currently 420 residents are living there but there are an important number of non permanent visitors. The treatment has been designed for a maximal capacity of 835 people.
Majors design constraints were:
- Population fluctuation and specific activities (restaurants and laundry),
- High altitude of the project (1000 m) with a long period of snow cover,
- Strong slope of the available land.
Solution
Two stage reed bed filters, fed by gravity flow siphons. There is no primary treatment; the raw, only coarse screened sewage is fed directly on the first stage beds with storage of the filtered dried and mineralized solids on the first sage beds for at least 10 years.
Benefits
This solution allows for a high quality of treatment during summer and winter seasons. Maintenance requirements are minimal compared to intensive solutions.
