The Water Framework Directive and the Ecophyto 2018 plan provides for measures against water chemical pollution. In the agricultural context, pesticide are a real stress for surrounding environment. Measures have been taken to reduce this stress, namely the reduction of chemical application, and the implantation of buffer zones like artificial wetland at the outlet of the agricultural watershed...

This paper reported the pollutant removal performances of a hybrid wetland system for the treatment of aquaculture wastewater. The system consisted of two treatment stages: a subsurface vertical flow (VF) wetland, followed by a horizontal flow (HF). The aquaculture wastewater with the different concentrations such as eutrophy and mesotrophy was treated using hybrid constructed wetland. The expe...

Under the Water Framework Directive, France needs to work harder reduce water pollution and has been recommended a more frequent recourse ecological restoration. Constructed wetlands are particularly interesting as they simultaneously improve quality, contribute flood protection promote biodiversity. In this perspective, researchers of Lyonnaise des Eaux developed concept “Libellule” Zone that ...