As the nations population continues to grow, development is pushed further into rural areas where septic systems must be used for wastewater treatment. In many areas the conventional septic tank/field line systems have proven to be inadequate for wastewater treatment due to high ground water tables, poor soil percolation rates, and/or heavy rainfall conditions. In response to these problems new wastewater treatment technology has been developed, one method is the "Constructed Wetland". Constructed wetland wastewater treatment systems can be defined as a man-made, engineered wetland area specifically designed for the purpose of treating wastewater by optimizing the physical, chemical, and biological processes that occur in natural wetland ecosystems. A constructed wetland can provide economical onsite wastewater treatment that is both effective and aesthetically pleasing.

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