Like planting a tree to revegetate the land, Wetland2 Restore revegetates water bodies improving water quality, ecology and general waterway health with numerous environmental applications.
Developed by Dr Tim Tutt (BA Eng. PhD), the 1m x 1m x 200mm high modules are easily assembled, light weight and can be configured to suit a variety of applications. The unit size allows for manual deployment and retrieval. Units may be established onsite or offsite and moved between waterbodies as needed. Materials have been chosen for strength and durability (recycled polypropylene frame and dense polystyrene float).
| Size: | 1 x 1 x 0.215m |
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| Colour: | Black frames with white polystyrene floats (x12) |
| Weight: | 20kg assembled bare (i.e. not planted out) |
| Service life: | 20+ years (estimated) |
Customisation is easy for additional elements i.e. nesting boxes for birds and submerged hollows for fish spawning. Fauna, primarily bird deterrents can be added during plant establishment, likewise more permanent mounting of other equipment, such as water quality monitoring devices.
Wetland2 Restore aims to make revegetating waterbodies as easy as planting a tree, enabling communities to restore our precious water environments.
“Wave Maintenance has installed and maintained the WetlandRestore2 modular floating wetland at the Chelsworth Park stormwater harvesting system in Ivanhoe, Melbourne. The modular floating wetlands have been installed in the sediment basin since 2021. The modules and plant roots help settle out sediments and floating litter and debris, minimising the amount being transferred to the downstream raingarden filter.
The modules were chosen as they are the only system on the market to our knowledge that can be decoupled and lifted off the sediment basin when we require access every 3-5 years to clean the sediment basins. The 15 modules placed in 3 rows were hoped to also assist in settling clay sediment but due to the small size of the basin and the high flows during rain events, the effectiveness of this is variable. The modules are tethered to the bank with steel ropes that allow the modules to rise and fall with the changing water levels.
The modules also proved to be stable enough to walk on when the water level was down, making the weeding and trimming of the vegetation a simple process.”
