BIOWATSYST
A system approach to waste water biotreatment for protection of Mediterranean coastal areas
Co-ordinator : A. HAMDY
The objectives are:
- To monitor, prevent and remediate coastal pollution due to wastewater disposal through the use of
multipurpose subsurface-flow constructed wetlands (SFW), inserting them into the productive system of
rural societies and, in a more general way, into the surrounding environment.
- To gain information useful to help in the optimisation of the design and management of constructed wetlands.
- To assess the effectiveness of SFW as a low-tech, low-cost solution to domestic wastewaters treatment.
- To demonstrate the possibility of reusing treated waters for irrigation purposes and aquifer recharging.
- To conduct an economic-social-environment analysis to evaluate the global impact of wetland construction
and management.
contact :
A. HAMDY
Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo
23 Via Ceglie,
70010 Valenzano
ITALY
Tel: +39-80-8771958
Fax: +39-80-7806206
hamdy@iamb.it
web site :
http://systemforschung.arcs.ac.at/projekte/jowapubl/oth_inco.htm#970163
