Abstract Application of Phytotechnologies in developing countries

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BioPlanta GmbH, Deutscher Platz 5, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Tel: 49-341/224 58 30, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.bioplanta-leipzig.de.

Abstract.
In developing countries the reduction of discharge of untreated and insufficient treated water provides a basis for minimizing the environmental impact. BioPlanta has planned und built Wetlands in Latin America for the treatment and reuse of water in Peru, Mexico and Chile.
1) In Peru the lack of water forced the local farmers to use untreated waste water, taken from the main sewage collector, for irrigation of vegetable cultures. BioPlanta planned and installed Constructed Wetlands for wastewater hygienization in the region of Callao in recent years. Small sized Constructed Wetlands on each of the small agricultural plots treat the water for irrigation of the surrounding fields. The systems reduce the contamination of the water with germs by up to 6 orders of magnitude.
2) The leather processing industry is very important for Mexico. In the tanning process large amounts of highly contaminated waste water are produced. After a physical-chemical treatment, effluents do not meet the required regulatory limits, and it’s difficult to reuse the water as process water. A new concept for the water management in the Teneria Europea in León has been established, integrating the existing physicochemical treatment systems and a new Constructed Wetland. For the supply of reusable process water a modular Wetland system was planned. The plant was built and put into operation in 2005.
3) By mining of sulphate containing water occurs in a copper mine in Chile. At present the untreated process water flows to a water reservoir and afterwards for leaching in green spaces. For the reduction of water pollution before leaching a Constructed Wetland was planned and installed in pilot scale in 2006.