Pesticides removal in wetlands with a gravel base

Butkovskiy Andrii, Sherman Nikita

Pesticides are widely used in agriculture and forestry. As a result, from circulation, they are present in all components of the natural environment and can negatively affect them. In this paper, a biotechnological method of purifying natural surface water from pesticides is considered, some results of studies of the cleansing ability of an artificially created wetland are presented. The experimental part was carried out at the Center for Environmental Research. Helmholtz in the framework of the DBU program.

Keywords:pesticides, water, treatment, wetlands, treatment facility.