With water shortage plaguing the world, water scarcity has become one of the largest threat the society is facing today. Therefore the government has begun to develop new projects and technologies to reduce its effects on the world. Such projects and technologies include rainwater harvesting, desalination and natural wastewater treatment. Unlike the other options, wastewater treatment provides long and short term solutions to water scarcity. Wastewater is the water that has been adversely affected in quality and is unfit for further use. Cleaning wastewater eliminates pathogenic bacteria, toxic chemicals and provides a palatable water source.

Here are some of the advantages of natural wastewater treatment.

Simple – The design and construction are very simple which mean that even small building companies and households can build them. Also, there is no need for highly qualified staff to operate them.

Cost-effective – Natural wastewater treatment process have lower cost in terms of building, labour and maintenance. They are to a great extent more convenient than the conventional wastewater plants because they require low energy consumption. Mechanical devices are not used in the treatment process, thus reducing the maintenance cost.

Efficient – Natural wastewater treatment plants are efficient in removing most of the pollutants. The efficiency of the system highly depends on climatic conditions. The efficiency reduces with lower temperature and vice versa.

Reliable – Natural operating systems are very reliable even in extreme operation conditions as they can absorb a wide variety of organic feed.

Natural wastewater treatment products and systems are simple, cost-effective and efficient methods to purify the growing amount of wastewater produced by our society. They can be applied as secondary or tertiary purification treatment allowing the removal of pathogenic bacteria and destruction of organic matter.