Additional Info

• In operation since: 2014
• Type of wastewater treated: Domestic
• Hydraulic load: 203 m³/day
• Organic load (PE): 1600 PE
• Organic design load (kg BOD/day): 96
• Location: Segonzac, Charente
• Client: Municipality
• Stage 1 type: French system
• Stage 1 surface area (m²): 1926
• Stage 2 type: Vertical flow, unsaturated
• Stage 2 surface area (m²): 1284
• Stage 3 type: Other
• Stage 3 surface area (m²): 3150
• Needs:

  Constructed wetlands were required to treat municipal wastewater for 1600 p.e., with high performances of treatment, reliability, sustainability and landscape integration.

• Solution:

  The solution is a 2-stage vertical flow reed bed filters (French system) with an infiltration area, designed with the shape of snail, which is the emblem of the village. Design : Epur Nature.

• Benefits:

  Efficient, reliable, sustainable and nicely shaped, this wastewater treatment plant guarantees an outlet quality concentration of COD 90 mg/l, BOD5 25 mg/l, SS 30 mg/l, TKN 20 mg/l.