About this Event
Friends and stewards of the Wallkill River and New Paltz neighbors are invited to join this free workshop to learn about the ecological benefits of Floating Treatment Wetlands, and build and install a series of prototypes in the scenic pond at the historic Dejoux House. Led by FICTILIS studio, as part of the Wallkill Futures exhibit opening in July at Unison Arts, the workshop will cover materials, tools, plant species,water testing, and best management practices, equipping participants with the knowledge and hands-on skills to create their own FTWs for the waters they steward.
Floating Treatment Wetlands are small raft-like buoyant structures used for mitigating nutrient and chemical pollution in waterways through root and microbial uptake, mitigating algae and harmful bacteria, turning nutrients to usable and sequestrable biomass, as well as providing wildlife habitat and a self-watering growing medium for native sedges, willow, and other species for use in riparian restoration planting. We are studying locally-sourced, low-cost designs for scalable FTW applications in HAB prevention, stormwater and wastewater pollution, and pre-and post-treatment of agricultural irrigation and runoff, and other remediation of rural and urban waters.
Address: DeJoux House. 374 Springtown Road.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
DeJoux House, 374 Springtown Road, New Paltz, United States
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