Reedbed Consultant
Melvyn Rutter BSc Hons

I am Retiring, any Reedbeds Not started beginning September 2025 will need someone else to provide it.
Time may be a variable, but in this case time has caught me.
Thank you to all those who have shown interest these past 30 years. It has been a great learning adventure.

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" Welcome to Reedbed Consultant’s Web Page. Please feel free to call to have a chat about waste water problems.
Between us we should be able to find solutions to your waste water treatment problems, and it won’t cost The Earth.
No heavy sales pitch. I always leave you with time to consider your options. Always happy to offer free advice "

Reedbed Consultant offers Reedbed Filtration for Waste Water Treatment. Reedbed Filtration Systems for Industry, Business, Farm, Sewage Treatment and Domestic Applications.

Reedbed technology can also be applied to Flood Alleviation Systems Reedbed technology has been used as part of coastal erosion solutions. Mother Earth’s cycles of life have been successful on land for 400 million years.

Melvyn Rutter Reedbed Consultants, take what happens in our surrounding environments, puts them into a box, to work solving Human Problems.

Some Industrial treatment includes Chemical Waste Water Treatments. Chemical treatment can often only reduce pollutants by 35%. Adding Reedbeds after the chemical treatments (flocking) can produce the best possible outflow qualities, typically 95-99%.
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Melvyn Rutter Reedbeds work throughout the UK (England / Wales / Scotland / Northern Ireland / Jersey) and have over 30 years of experience in waste water treatment.

Not only do we know what and how to build Reedbeds, we know why we build and how to solve problems, should they arise.

There is plenty of free advice on the internet for how to build reedbeds.
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·     There are none that offer data on their official outflow quality,
·     Many make the mistakes that our Reedbed Systems avoid,
·     None offer how to maintain,
·     None offer info on how to solve problems that arise.

If you want a quality Reedbed Filtration Treatment System, that works for at least 30 years, then you are on the right website.

Many customers have got back in touch after many years, for many reasons, where4 we are happy to help solve problems.
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For Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial Waste Water Treatment - we work throughout the UK
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·     For Single Homes
·     Multiple Dwellings
·     Farm Yard Run-off
·     Caravan and Camping 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
·     Flood Alleviation Systems
·     Coastal Erosion
·     Bio-Fume Compost Air Pollution Filter
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" 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 30 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.
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Melvyn Rutter BSc Hons

Consultancy Fees
‍The advantage of Consultancy Fees only, is the customer may have materials already on site, that can be used.
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• When the customer buys local materials and Diggers (and drivers), they can recover the VAT.
• My old price for 100m², in the ground and working, was £10,000.
• Material Costs may be no more than £5000.
• Consultancy fees are £3000
• Consultancy fees are for design and time to build the system.
• I will be on site making sure the reedbed is built correctly.
This plan offers help in these days of the cost of living crisis.

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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.

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

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.
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