Constructed Wetlands For Wastewater

TreatmentM o r r o B a y , C a l i f o r n i a

This project begins with a green devel-opment companies’ vision to create a university in Morro Bay for graduate level studies in the Green Energy and Tech-nologies industries. Our client, Ecobaun, proposes a Cambridge like campus master plan that reuses the Morro Bay Power Plant as studio space for large green industrial projects such as wind and solar derived energy mechanisms.

One of Ecobaun’s major goals is to be-come LEED platinum certified for the entire development. Ecobaun also wants to save water and the environ-ment by treating its wastewater onsite.

Morro Bay is renowned for its biodi-versity due to its geographical won-ders and landscape diversity. From the Morro Rock, to the estuary and wet-lands, to the sand spit and sea life, Morro Bay is home to hundreds of fed-erally listed plants and animals and a favorite outpost for wild life enthusiasts.

Our proposal to enhance Ecobaun’s vi-sion uses the landscape and a host of constructed wetland technologies to treat the wastewater generated by the development. Beginning with industrial sized septic tanks, the wastewater flows through a series of Vegetated Subsurface Constructed Wetlands, which cleanse the wastewater to levels sufficient enough to where the water can then be “day-lighted” into polishing ponds. These “day-lighted” ponds polish the water further by breaking down the biomass and pollutants in the water while creat-ing ecologically potent landscapes that serve both people and the environment.

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