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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | An investigation into the effective distribution of on-site wastewater effluent into percolation areas and the treatment performance of sandy subsoils and constructed wetlands |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Laurence Gill |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.34449, -6.25867 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/01/2005 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/05/2009 |
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| Project Keywords | Wastewater; On-site Wastewater treatment; Sandy Subsoils; Wetlands |
| Project Abstract | The safe disposal of on-site wastewater is essential for the protection of groundwater in Ireland and has come more into focus recently due to the publication of the EPA guidance manual Treatment Systems for Single Houses (EPA 2000). This project reports the results from four separate field trials carried out on separate sites covering a range of different subsoil types whereby two sites were discharging septic tank effluent into conventional percolation areas and the other two sites were discharging secondary treated effluent from a peat filter into similar percolation areas. Stratified sand filters were also constructed one receiving septic tank effluent the other receiving secondary treated effluent for comparison. The short duration of the research (the maximum amount of time that each site was monitored was 12 months) andthe limited numbers of sites investigated mean that only tentative conclusions can be made about on-site wastewater treatment at this stage which will hopefully be corroborated by further research in the future. |