Reedbed used as natural solution to pollution in UK first
The UK’s first reedbed and wetlands storm overflow has just been opened, in which excess wastewater is filtered of its pollutants by native plants before it flows into the river. Sited at Pont-y-Felin in Torfaen, Wales, the newly constructed wetland makes use of reedbeds and pools, through which excess waste and rainwater flows. Usually, this…