Our willow filtering plantation process

THE NUMBER OF WASTEWATER LITERS THAT A WILLOW CAN TRANSPIRE IN A DAY

Our willow filtering plantation process consists of a fastgrowing shrub willow plantation cultivated using an intensive shortrotation approach and submitted to a precision irrigation of contaminated effluents.

Our process, through soil, soil microorganisms and willows combined action, allows the recovery, treatment and volume reduction of wastewater effluents.

We have a leadingedge team and specialized equipment to realize your projects, from planting to harvesting. In addition, our nursery, which produces several million willow cuttings annually, can guarantee you quality planting material and offer you the best varieties available on the market.

The advantages of the process

  • Partial or complete reduction of the effluent volume by evapotranspiration.
  • Vegetalized treatment process with low capitalization and operating costs.
  • Circular economy: Valorization of the effluent resources by the production of high addedvalue products with willow biomass .
  • Carbon sequestration in willow biomass.

Our services

Plantation and process design

  • Physical and chemical characterization
  • Effluent characterization
  • Treatability tests

Vegetalized element

  • Planting area preparation : Removal of existing vegetation cover and soil leveling and preparation
  • Willows mechanical plantation
  • Plantation establishment followup: monitoring, weeding, cutback, fertilization, etc.

Irrigation system installation

  • Pumping station installation
  • Implementation of environmental monitoring instrumentation

Technical and environmental monitoring

  • Process maintenance and plantation monitoring
  • Environmental monitoring : Soil pore water quality measurement
  • Characterization of agronomic and chemical properties of willows
  • Seasonal monitoring of biomass yield
  • Quantification of nutrient and metal uptake by willows
  • Quantification of carbon sequestration by willows

Willows harvesting and valorization

  • Mechanical harvesting of willow stems or chipped wood
  • Production ofnoise barriers with willow stems or horticultural ramial chipped wood
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