Avtor/Urednik		Bulc, T; Vrhovšek, D
Naslov		The integrated management of waste water: constructed wetlands
Tip		članek
Vir		Public Enterp
Vol. in št.		Letnik 15, št. 1-4
Leto izdaje		1995
Obseg		str. 217-25
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		The Adriatic coastal zone constitutes a unique environmental heritage which is characterised by extreme fragility. its development therefore depends on the maintenance of ecosystem health, through the protection of water quality and the avoidance of conditions such as eutrophication and habitat destruction. However, many areas are experiencing a rapid decline in quality of sea, rivers and drinking water sources. Some dislocated industrial, agricultural and infrastructure activities are considerably overloading the surface water and its self-cleaning abilities. When establishing new environment policies, some governments and local communities encourage the development and application of innovative technologies that provide simple, inexpensive and efficient waste water treatment. Encouraged by experiences from abroad, a research group at LIMNOS, a company for applied ecology, has started to develop and apply constructed wetlands (CW) in Slovenia and Italy, as a relatively cheap waste water treatment. Monitoring of CWs showed that they were very efficient in reducing pollutants. The technology is based on purification of waste waters in an artificial wetland, where selected plants, substrata and micro-organisms replace expensive machinery, which practically eliminates the need for an external energy source. Through the application of these innovative technologis considerable savings in investment and management costs as well as a contribution to sustainable development of the Adriatic area may be obtained.
Deskriptorji		WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS