Wetlands in Nature have been coined the liver and kidneys of the Earth for their robust ability to breakdown and assimilate 'waste' generated from organic debris. The field of engineering wetland systems for treatment of human derived pollution has been a growing field since the early 1980's. REDI's team is experienced in the design and engineering of constructed wetlands, Eco-Machines (tank-based wetlands), and Restorer floating wetland islands for wastewater treatment and stormwater treatment, and water feature filtration.
Constructed wetlands, Eco-Machines, and Restorers are complete wetland ecologies. Physically both plant roots and media substrates provide different habitats to allow for both aerobic and anoxic bacteria to reside in the same ecosystem which initiates the efficient breakdown of a range of pollutants. In effect, through an ecological food web process, the waste stream becomes a food resource and is ultimately transformed into clean water and other beneficial byproducts such as cut flowers, animal fodder, and decorative fish. Wetland technologies will naturally provide Hawaii Department of Health R-3 quality reuse water without the need of external energy or chemicals and can meet R-2 and R-1 with disinfection. In addition the systems are excellent in removing nutrients such as ammonia and nitrates, which protects fragile ecosystems and groundwater supplies where disposal/water reuse occurs.
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