Introduction

Whole Systems Approach to Ecological Design

Appropriate Technology: Water

Organic Agriculture and Local Food

Appropriate Technology: Energy

Green Building & Retrofitting

Lagoon and Tank Based Treatment

Two natural systems configurations are described.  Both rely on the biology outlined in the section Constructed Wetlands.  The first is a lagoon-based cascade system with floating ecologies.  The second is a more highly engineered and compact system using tanks, called a Fed Batch Reactor (FBR).

• Lagoon Based Systems
• Tank Based Systems
• Suitable treatment for sustainable communities
• Energy and Carbon Footprinting

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