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Living Machine Sewage Treatment. The Living Machine being a legally sanctioned wastewater treatment plant is required by Collier County to have an operator on sight every day. But the signature element of. Accordingly deļ¬ned as treatment systems or Living Machines that use natural processes involving wetland vegetation soils and their associated microbial assemblages to improve water quality. High Amount of Maintenance Interaction.
A living machine is a self-sufficient polluted water treatment and phyto-purification system that mimics the natural purification process of rivers and wetlands. One pollutant Slawecki and her students hope the Living Machine can remove from water is MTBE Methyl-Tertiary-Butyl-Ethylene a highly toxic highly water-soluble gasoline additive. The Living Machine was conceived by. The first Living Machine was realised in the Findhorn Foundation a Scottish living and working community in 1955. Some water potential to treat further for potable water or combine with biogas. Fourteen case histories are presented for introduction of practical applications of Living Machine in bioremediation wastewater treatment and.
This chapter focuses on the application of bioremediation approaches in the remediation of polluted water ecosystems ie rivers lakes and estuaries.
Today this wastewater treatment system which is based on natural principles treats the wastewater produced by the communitys approximately 250 residents. Green design. Ecological Benefits of Living Machines. The Living Machine being a legally sanctioned wastewater treatment plant is required by Collier County to have an operator on sight every day. Politically there are laws against onsite water treatment for drinking water however. Part natural part artificial the system relies on a series of basins each forming a specific ecosystem connected by pipes and containing hundreds of plant and animal species varying in size from bacteria to trees which coexist.