Southern Water is investing around £470,000 in refurbishing reed beds at two of its wastewater treatment works.
The company is investing more than £240,000 in projects at its Godshill Wastewater Treatment Works on the Isle of Wight and more than £230,000 at Ulcombe Wastewater Treatment Works near Maidstone in Kent.
The reed beds are used to give wastewater flowing through the treatment works an extra clean before it is recycled into the environment. The reeds send oxygen into the gravel through their roots, helping break down any impurities in the wastewater as it flows through.
Robin Woodward, Southern Water Project Manager, said the reed beds are a great way of harnessing natural processes to provide enhanced wastewater treatment and give an extra polish to the treated wastewater leaving the sites.
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