Willow coppice plantations as wastewater treatment systems
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https://doi.org/10.15626/Eco-Tech.2001.027Keywords:
Willow coppice, Salix, wastewater, vegetation filters, EU projectAbstract
Short rotation willow coppice (Salix) can be used as vegetation filter to treat industrial
and municipal wastewater. In May 1998 a EU-FAIR project, "Biomass short rotation
willow coppice fertilized with nutrient from municipal wastewater (BWCW)" was
started to investigate the consequences to establish willow plantations to treat
wastewater in some European countries with varying climatic conditions. The aims of
this research project were to evaluate the positive effects of irrigation of willow-toenergy plantations with wastewater, but also to find the negative consequences and to
develop strategies to deal with them. The project comprises comparable pilot plantations
located in four different climatic regions in the four European countries: France, Greece,
Unite Kingdom and Sweden. In this paper the experiences from this EU research project
BWCW, which will be finished off in 2002, are briefly described.
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