From Waste Streams June/July 2006
http://www.wastestreams.com.au/
KEWT wastewater treatment systems installed
A Queensland reseacher's wastewater treatment invention has been installed at Greenbank State School, on the outskirts of Brisbane. The KEWT (Kele Effluent Wastewater Treatment) system, developed by Ben Kele from CQU in Rockhampton and commercialised by GBG Project Management Pty Ltd, will treat and reuse the wastewater from over 1000 students and staff at a site cost of $340,000. Not bad considering the school has been paying $80,000 a year to pump out all of its sewage. The site will have remote monitoring and will provide recycled water for oval irrigation and cabinet timber plantation. Glenbank State School is believed to be the first Australian school to be fitted with a 'green' wastewater treatment system. The site was recently opened by the Minister for Education, Rod Welford. Mr Welford said he was positive the KEWT system was the "way of the future". The system will also be used as an education tool for students at the school to learn about water cycle and sustainable technologies. It will also be used as a site for Mr Kele's PhD research. KEWT is an unique system for the treatment of wastewater and effluent. It uses a mixture of biological treatment systems and reuses effluent through a self -contained recirculatory form of sub-surface irrigation. Me Kele is currently working on a number of other projects including sustainable housing development, holistic water management frameworks for local governments and biological firltration projects.
