Further
Applications.
  Ponds
and Water Treatment
Repair
of Waterways
Flood
Water Projects
Agricultural
Waste Treatment
Cutting
Edge Bioremediation
 Ponds
and Water Treatment
The
Ecomesh modular system, using high impermeability membranes and
suitable ballast tailored to the application, is ideally suited
for a range of civil engineering and environmental projects.
Reed
beds and raised ponds, for the treatment of waste water from sewage
treatment works or final polishing of clear liquor from contaminated
soil or landfill waste treatment cells are an obvious example.
Ecomesh
have recently completed the first combined vertical and horizontal
reed bed system for the NI Water Service at their Derrylin water
treatment works
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Repair
of Waterways
The
repair of canal, waterway and river banks can be achieved using
the Ecomesh modular system.
While
this is not the main purpose of the Ecomesh system, this particular
use of the Ecomesh module presents a sizable business opportunity.,
The units can be extremely effective in the control of infiltration
and erosion, providing low cost, durable and attractive, repair
and reinforcement of waterway and river banks, with the advantage
of rapid modular construction in difficult site conditions.
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Flood
Water Projects
The
Ecomesh modular system also allows the rapid creation of flood barriers
and flood water attenuation ponds.
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Agricultural
Waste Treatment
Nitrate
leaching and subsequent contamination of river and lake water and
groundwater resources caused by animal wastes and fertilizers is
a serious environmental concern. This is an area where Ecomesh are
currently developing systems that remove nitrates and phosphates
from ground water and agricultural run off. These Ecomesh solutions
are now ready to be presented to local Government departments for
approval.
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Cutting
Edge Bioremediation
We
have just recently acquired a batch bioreactor that is still in
the development phase. We are looking at ways to treat oil sludges
and other fine particle sized contaminates. This R & D programme
will be run in association with the Questor Centre at Queen's University
Belfast and Second Site Properties. The reactor will soon be set
up and trialled on a site in Northern Ireland.
Preliminary
approval has been granted by Ballymena Borough Council for a trial
to develop membrane bioreactors. Ecomesh will provide a cell of
area 100 square metres to undertake various treatments both in-situ
and ex-situ. We hope that this will be the first full scale working
system using a membrane bio-reactor and another first for Northern
Ireland. This project will be carried out in association with the
First Faraday Research Group.
We
are also developing processes for the segregation and concentration
of particular contaminates into smaller volumes. In association
with a local mechanical engineering company, we are working on the
development of a comprehensive soil washing system. This will allow
us to look at viable treatments for the degradation of PCB’s
and TBT’s.
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