Reedbed Consultant
Melvyn Rutter BSc Hons

formerly Yes-Reedbeds & Yorkshire Ecological Solutions Ltd
Telephone 07592 160854 / 01833 908942

Call Us Today!

Reedbed Consultant
Melvyn Rutter BSc Hons

formerly Yes-Reedbeds & Yorkshire Ecological Solutions Ltd
Telephone 07592 160854 / 01833 908942

Call Us Today!

Reedbed Consultant
Melvyn Rutter BSc Hons

formerly Yes-Reedbeds & Yorkshire Ecological Solutions Ltd
Telephone 07592 160854 / 01833 908942

Call Us Today!

" It costs nothing to call to have a chat about waste water problems. Between us we should be able to find solutions, and save a few bob in the process. No heavy sales pitch. I always leave you with time to consider your options.
Always happy to offer free advice "

Reedbed Consultants offering Reedbed Filtration, Waste Water Treatment, SUDS and Chemical Waste Water Treatments. Reedbed Filtration Systems for Industry, Business, Farm, Sewage Treatment and Domestic Applications.

Melvyn Rutter Reedbeds work throughout the UK (England / Wales / Scotland / Northern Ireland / Jersey) and have over 25 years of experience in waste water treatment.

"Its time we all lived in balance with nature, and reedbeds are nature's solution, to serious human problems."


Reedbed Filtration
Reedbed Filtration is ideal for remote locations, off grid housing and industrial developments. All waste water treatment involves the bacterial breakdown of biological components, in aerobic conditions. This is true of sewage works, treatment tank systems and Reedbed Filtration Systems.

With more than 25 years experience of planners, environmental authorities, and many types of waste water treatment, we can offer either consultancy help with design and build, or complete build of vertical flow, modulated systems.

Part of our standard build includes living soakaways. These are areas of soakaway planted up with willow and iris to add evaporation to percolation and leaching. The use of living soakaways, allows for final discharge to be to land and not directly to fresh water. This meets with Environment Agency (EA) requirements. We've been doing this since 2004. Living soakaways are included in the price quoted.

• Our Reedbeds are Vertical Flow, Modulated waste water treatment systems.
• There is no standing water, there is no smell.
• No other system works better, few work as good, and none at these prices.

All prices are calculated as follows:

Melvyn Rutter BSc Hons

Sizes and Prices

10m²
20m²
30m²
50m²
100m²
150m²
200m²
Full Installation
£3000
£4000
£5000
£6000
£9000
£13000
£18000
Max No. People
6
15
20
40
80
120
160
Max Daily Vol. Ltrs
1000
2000
3000
5000
10000
15000
20000


• Flows to be a little and often and NOT everything all at once
• Do not allow "Gunk" to smother the reedbed
• For flat land, flows will need to be pumped. A pump and manhole will add £250 to the price quoted
• All Reedbeds can discharge into a Living Soakaway, and not directly into a water course. This helps win approval for the projects.

How Our Consultancy Works
Previously we have installed reedbeds, typically at half the price of alternative and substitute treatment systems.

Being over 65, installing systems has become more difficult. So the idea is for Customers to buy materials, book the digger, and to build the reedbed. I can be there to make sure the reedbed is built as per design, without anyone cutting corners, or adding their own ill advised "improvements".

I can help provide information to help gain "Authority" approval. I can also help in future, should problems arise. An expert is someone who knows what to do when things go wrong.

Reedbed Consultancy Fees Only
Reedbed Consultancy Fees only, is where the customer buys / provides all the materials** and digging, and we are on site making sure the systems is built correctly. This way the system is built correctly, right from the start. No "I've seen this on the internet" and making serious mistakes. If we have built the reedbed then we can be responsible for it. If the reedbed is designed or built by others, then it is for them to be responsible for it. 

Often customers have some materials, maybe a digger and driver, maybe stone or soil. There is no point to buying new, when materials and diggers, good enough for the reedbed are available.

** I would provide the reed plants. It is vital to get the right plants, in the right quantities and quality. I can bring these, or have them delivered, but at cost price only. 

The advantages of Consultancy Fees only, is where a customer needs a 100m2 reedbed, or more. My price for 100m2 is £9000, in the ground and working. Clearly with fees of £3000, there are savings to be made. And my full price of £9000 is half or less of what others charge for their reedbeds, or alternative treatment tank based systems. 

Why not call Melvyn ( 07592 160854 ) for further information.

10m²
20m²
30m²
50m²
100m²
150m²
200m²
Reedbed Consultancy Fees Only
£1500
£2000
£2000
£3000
£3000
£4500
£6000


Tank Prices for Comparison
Compare the price of a Reedbed system to Tank based systems. (Google Search Prices of 2016).

People
Price
Installation
Sub Total
VAT
Total Cost
6
£2100
£1800
£3900
£780
£4680
12
£4620
£2000
£6620
£1324
£7944
20
£7500
£3000
£10500
£2100
£12600
50
£11650
£4000
£15650
£3130
£18780
90
£18850
£9600
£28450
£5690
£34140


Absolutely All You Need to Know About Reedbed Filtration and SUDS (sustainable drainage systems)
• Melvyn Rutter Reedbeds are Vertical Flow, Modulated waste water treatment systems.
• There is no standing water, there is no smell.
• No other system works better, few work as good, and none at these prices.

For Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial Waste Water Treatment - we work throughout the UK
• For single homes
• Multiple dwellings
• Farm Yard Run-off
• Caravan and Camp Sites
• Holiday Homes
• Acid Mine Water
• Small Breweries
• Golf Course Vehicle Washdown
• Fruit Farms
• Vegetable Waste Waters
• Motorway Run-off
• Factory Waste Waters
• Quarry Water
• Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems SUDS

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Melvyn receiving an award for innovation.

A Lama blesses a reedbed.

A book by Melvyn Rutter - 'Climate Change and Global Warming. A Cautious & Critical View'. Click here to buy book and for more details.

Network Rail Innovation Award.

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