Wastewater Garden
at the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds
Portland-on-the-Rideau
The Centre for Sustainable Watersheds is pleased to announce the installation of a Wastewater Garden at their headquarters in Portland-on-the-Rideau. The Wastewater Garden is a zero-discharge, biological wastewater treatment system that uses plants to grow wastewater away. Zero-discharge is key, as it eliminates contaminants of ground and surface waters.
This installation was made possible by:
- Sustainable Strategies and the Ecological Engineering Group of Massachusetts
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Green Municipal Investment Fund
- Queen's University Department of Civil Engineering
- National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program
- Environment Canada's Science Horizons Program
- TD Canada Trust's Friends of the Environment Foundation
- Bronfman Foundation
- Eric Draper/Septic Store
- Big Rideau Lake Association
- Rideau Lakes Environmental Foundation
- Township of Rideau Lakes
- Human Resources Development Canada
For more information, please contact Mike Minthorn at
minthorn@watersheds.ca
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