Abstract—Presently world is facing mounting water stress,
both in quantity and quality, which has prompted many
municipalities for a more efficient use of the water resources,
including a widespread acceptance of water reuse practices.
Treatment technology encompasses a vast variety of options. As
a low-cost, eco-friendly approach constructed wetlands are
recently promoted for wastewater treatment and end use
applications of reclaimed water. The present study was
conducted to assess the performance of a series of treatment
wetlands (waste stabilization ponds) in wastewater purification
in Kalyani, West Bengal, India in the perspective of reclamation
and bioregenerative reuse of reclaimed wastewater. The waste
stabilization ponds have been proved very efficient and
cost-effective nature-based system for increasing the ecological
value of wastewater in culturing aqua-crops and thus
converting organic wastes into fish biomass.
Index Terms—Heterotrophic bacteria, fish, nitrogen,
phosphorus, regenerative reclamation, treatment wetlands,
wastewater.
The authors are with International Centre for Ecological Engineering,
University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia 741235, India (e-mail:
biswajoy2000@yahoo.com, sukanta_rana@rediffmail.com).
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Cite:Jayanta K. Biswas and Sukanta Rana, "Treatment Wetlands as Ecotechnological Tools for Regenerative Reclamation of Wastewater: Experiences from Working with Kalyani Model," Journal of Clean Energy Technologies vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 23-27, 2014.
