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WSP in the UK and Europe
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        Supporting Material:

           
See also pages on Waste Stabilization Ponds, Cold-climate WSP and Rock Filters

            Aerated rock filters treating facultative pond effluents produce a very high
                quality final effluent, so
 obviating the need for maturation ponds
− very useful
               
where land is expensive or its availability limited.

             WSP Design Manual for Mediterranean Countries (1998)

             Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (1991)  Table of effluent quality requirements

             Le lagunage naturel en France: État de l'art et tendances (2004) [Abstract in English on p. 9]

   Waste stabilization ponds in Europe (1992)


             IWA International and Regional Conferences on Waste Stabilization Ponds

         Wastewater treatment costs in Greece:

           
Application of cost criteria for selection of municipal wastewater treatment systems (2003)

            Economic evaluation of small-capacity sewage-processing units (2006)

        Our papers on UK ponds can be found here.

        PhD thesis:
            The Performance of Facultative Waste Stabilization Ponds in the United Kingdom (Dr Karen                     Abis, 2002).  Survey of WSP in the UK in Chapter 3.

        Photographs of some UK WSP systems:
            Botton Village    Hawkwood College    Scrayingham    Tigh Mor Trossachs

        Excerpt from a 2006 MEng Dissertation on the WSP at Scrayingham (the first WSP
        system used by a
Water plc in England):
here


           
             Why constructed wetlands are not an appropriate wastewater treatment system

             See also:  
             Constructed wetlands are not a viable alternative or addition to waste stabilization ponds


           
            The Esholt Research Group received the 2007 CIWEM World of Difference Award  
            Details
here   Submission here   Photos here



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