LaGrange County Health Department and WIC LaGrange County Office

   BIO-ENHANCED TREATMENT SYSTEM (BETS)

(Constructed Wetlands To Treat Sewage On-Site)

ConstructedWetlandPhotos

Link to more pictures of constructed wetlands installed in LaGrange County. 

General Information    Plastic Liner    Filter (outlet septic Tank)    Wetland Dimensions        

Wetland Plants & Guide to Selecting Plants         Operation and Maintenance Manual   

General steps to install a gravity constructed wetland 

Recirculating Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland=RVFCW     

                        General steps to Install a RVFCW 

                        Timer (option 1), Timer (option 2)

                        Pump Specifications & Orificies Shield/Diffusers

 2. Future Reports:

The efficiency of constructed wetlands for the removal of the antimicrobial agent Triclosan (Current Research Performed by Doctoral Candidate, Lisa Zinn from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana) 

Recirculating vertical flow constructed wetlands to enhance biological nitrogenous and phosphorus removal from sewage: Engineered ecosystems for sustainable biomass crop production (Research Project in Progress). 

3. Recirculating Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland for On-Site Sewage Treatment: An Approach for a Sustainable Ecosystem.(Journal of Water and Environment Technology 9(1): 39-46, March 2011).

4. Engineered Green Technology to Grow Fuel Corn (Zea Mays L.): Recirculating Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland Treating Sewage On-Site  (American Water Work Association Annual Meeting. The World's Water Event. Chicago, June 2010)  

5. RVFCW-Animal Shelter (Indiana State Department of Health Meeting. Indianapolis, March 2010) 

7. Recirculating Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland For Treating Residential Wastewater (LaGrange County Health Department & Purdue University, Indiana. RW-4-W: 1-8, January 2008)

8. Recirculating Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland for the Animal Shelter (World Aquaculture Society Meeting, Puerto Rico, November 2007). Reprinted by the Indiana Environmental Health Association, 2008. Journal of Environmental Health 23 (1): 5-8.

9. First Residential Recirculating Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland installed in LaGrange County: Water Quality Report (SmallFlows Magazine 7 (4): 34-38, Fall 2006)

10. Build Your Own Constructed Wetland. LaGrange County Health Department Experience (SmallFlows Magazine, 5 (4): 26-29, Fall 2004)

11. First Commercial Constructed Wetland installed in LaGrange County: Fish & Roger Lakes (±50,000 GPD) (LaGrange County Utility District, 1994) pdf

12. Performance of a Constructed Wetland for dairy waste treatment in LaGrange County, Indiana (Purdue University, 1994) 

Constructed Wetlands Resources & Links:

Merry Lea Environmental Center: Goshen College, Indiana                      Constructed Wetlands in Cold Climates                 

Wastewater Gardens (Biosphere-NASA)                                                    Fulda Constructed Wetland Project, Indiana (Eco-Treatment System)  

Wastewater Gardens-International Solutions                                               Jardines Depuradores de Aguas Negras (Humedales Artificiales)

Constructed Wetland Bioreactor                                                                   Living Solutions:CW Treating ±30,000 GPD Sewage From School (pages 26-28)               

http://www.francepark.com/wetlnd.htm                                                          http://ossf.tamu.edu/constructed_wetland.html      

http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/ID/ID-220/ID-220.pdf                       Natural Systems International (Constructed Wetland Utilities)

Reference about constructed wetlands (Biologist Institute, Denmark)     Baylor University: Constructed wetland Used With Batch Dosing  

Z-Cell Constructed Wetland (CW approved by the ISDH)                         Constructed wetland-sewer treatment plant-tires  

About-constructed-wetlands/ (General Information & Ideas)                     Growing Away Wastewater (Constructed Ecosystems)

Phytotechnologies: CW (United Nations Environment Program)             Oasis of the Boulder City-Nevada (CW Park)

Animated CW operation video clips  (Univ. of Szeged, Belgium)            A little help from nature: CW-Sewer Treatment Plant (Water Reclamation)

Wastewater Reuse (Small Flows Magazine, 2011)                                   Treatment Series: Constructed Wetland Systems (WERF)

Handbook Constructed Wetlands (USDA-EPA)                                        Constructed Wetland Association (CWA)