Natural Wetland Filtration System

Basically a wetland filtration system is a natural filtration system for your pond water.

Natural wetland filtration system.

1 acre of healthy wetland is able to purify 27 633 506 litres of polluted dirty water. Wetlands are important because they protect and improve water quality provide fish and wildlife habitats store floodwaters and maintain surface water flow during dry periods. Both natural and man made impacts can affect water quality. You may have heard of it by its other name.

In order to survive mechanisms for cleaning water are necessary to remove impurities and make the water safe for all organisms. Wetlands are areas where water covers soil all or part of the time. Wetland filters have many of the components necessary for purifying water naturally namely plants and rocks. Wetland filter construction wetland filter construction as you can see in the photos platinum ponds landscaping constructed this wetland filter on the edge of an existing 175 x 80 pond.

Platinum ponds is a certified aquascape contractor and we size our constructed wetland filters per the specs recommended by aquascape inc. Wetlands filter water naturally by removing sediment and heavy metals. The amount of water a bog or wetland can filter is astonishing. The idea is simple.

On top of this filter reed plants are growing the root zone of these plants are instrumental in the purification process. Plants help purify the water by reducing nutrients filtering out sediments and absorbing toxic compounds through the process of phytoremediation they re also the basis of a. They do this by slowing down the water and allowing it to be purified by bacteria and plants. The waste water is slowly percolating through several layers of sand gravel and sea shells.

How natural wetlands and bogs work.