The use of horizontal planted filters for decentralised wastewater treatment in Auroville, an overview and description.

Baetens, Tency (2000) The use of horizontal planted filters for decentralised wastewater treatment in Auroville, an overview and description. In: Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in Tropical and Subtropical Regions., Anna University, Chennai.

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Abstract

The Auroville community, situated in South India near Pondicherry, has been experimenting with wastewater recycling systems for over fifteen years. During that time pilot systems were built, experience was gathered and the operating skills with such plants improved. From 1995 to 1998 Auroville participated in a European Union funded project on Decentralised Wastewater Systems (DEWATS) through which we were able to receive expertise and upgrade our knowledge on planted filters or root zone treatment systems. Four specially designed research plants were constructed and tested under the project. At present Auroville operates more than 35 DEWAT systems for recycling both ‘grey’ and ‘black’ domestic wastewater from small individual households, community plants and small industrial type systems producing effluent with similar characteristics to domestic wastewater. In this paper four wastewater plants are described, one is a small individual household plant for four persons, two are community plants for 20 and 200 persons and one is a recycling plant from an industrial unit specialized in silk painting.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Water > Water (General) Water > Sourcing (rainwater, stormwater, surface water, groundwater, treated water, desalinated water) Water > Quality/Standards
Depositing User:	Aditi Rosegger
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2021 08:12
Last Modified:	08 Apr 2021 08:12
URI:	http://aurorepo.in/id/eprint/166

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