SUBSURFACE MODULAR ENGINEERED WETLAND SYSTEM

HYDROPONICS TREATMENT APPLICATION

(FOR PRETREATED WASTEWATER)

PACIFIC HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES SDN. BHD.

(929752-M)
Lot No 4 TMN Pampang / Lorong Pampang Penampang, Kota Kinabalu 89500 Sabah, Malaysia

Email: pacificht@yahoo.com

HYDROPONICS WASTE-WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (HTS)

In 1997, an innovative waste water treatment system was designed in Sabah, Malaysia for a water village type resort to adequately treat septic tank discharge/effluent rather than allowing the same untreated waste water to enter the coastal shoreline waters in and around the resort itself. This design was incorporated from pre-existing sub-surface flow constructed wetland designs; SSF. To reduce costs, the design allowed the existing septic tanks to remain beneath each unit of two room chalets. Rather than having the septic tanks directly discharging into the shallow seawater shoreline, the effluent was piped to strategically placed collection tanks in which ozone was applied. Ozone aids in the sterilization process as well as helping to decompose complex dissolved organic matter. This same ozone treated waste water was then pumped to an inventive modular subsurface wetland / hydroponics design that scrubbed out nutrients and reduced bacteria before being discharged into the coastal water. The discharge water from the system was clear, odorless and low in E. coli bacteria counts; similar to small stream/river waters. Sub Surface Flow (SSF) wetlands are basically gravel - or soil- based wetlands in which the wastewater passes through the porous substrate rather than above an impermeable substrate. The large surface area of the media and the plant roots also provides ample sites for a myriad of microbial activity.

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SSF systems use many of the same emergent plant species as Surface Flow / Pond (SF) systems. When treating an equivalent volume of flow, gravel-based SSF wetlands especially use less acreage than SF constructed wetlands. Also, gravel-based SSF systems are relatively low in maintenance requirements and are less likely to have odor and mosquito problems than are SF lagoons. When properly designed, gravel-based wetland systems have high efficiency rates for removing biodegradable organic matter and nitrate-nitrogen from wastewater.

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Modular SSF-HTS Application Design

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PHT PE 30 MODULAR SUBSURFACE FLOW HYDROPONICS TREATMENT SYSTEM (HTS)

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Important Points for the PHT HTS Design Application The subsurface flow (SSF) constructed wetland concept, incorporated as an easily expandable modular system with the PHT design application, can accommodate increase waste water volume loads with business or home expansions. The PHT modular design application can offer high performance treatment for reducing BOD5 and TSS levels at relatively low costs for construction, operation and maintenance. The odor and vector control offered by the SSF concept make it attractive for systems which are in close proximity to the public or home. Use applications range from single family dwellings to larger developments, resorts, community water villages, and other public facilities. Ammonia removal in non-modular, non-aerated SSF systems is often noted as being significantly deficient. The reason is the lack of oxygen in the gravel / soil media bed profile combined with an inadequate hydraulic retention time (HRT) to complete the nitrification reactions to remove nitrogen; especially in the form of ammonia NH3 and nitrite NO2.

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PHT modular hydroponics type SSF design incorporates a high rate of oxygen injection via an innovative / simple flow design. Water entering successive modular tanks is highly oxygenated to greatly aid in fostering deep plant root penetration which, in turn, aids in nutrient uptake, nitrification reactions, and antibacterial conditions. The modular tank application also gives per liter of waste water volume longer hydraulic retention time (HRT) which further aids in both nutrient removal / scrubbing and antibacterial affection. PHT can provide your design needs to incorporate the HTS application to ensure that your facility or home is eco-friendly and not adding nutrients to the environment which can cause serious eutrophication issues and ecosystem biodiversity loss.

PACIFIC HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES SDN. BHD.

(929752-M)
Lot No 4 TMN Pampang / Lorong Pampang Penampang, Kota Kinabalu 89500 Sabah, Malaysia

Email: pacificht@yahoo.com
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