Brief info
Florence has been a member of the international network of constructed wetlands designers Wastewater Gardens International (WWG) since 2003; she oversees international operations with Dr Mark Nelson and has designed sewage treatment plants in 6 countries to date.
She advises in sustainable wastewater management and is an international project officer for the Institute of Ecotechnics. She also initiated actual accounting of water consumption and excreta nutrients in all projects and has been a tireless lecturer about the basis of sustainable sanitation.
She was part of the team who introduced constructed wetlands in Algeria by building the first unit to serve as a base model for subsequent wastewater treatment, today in the process of being installed at larger scale in several municipalities. She is the author and co. author of several publications and of “sanitation fact sheets” freely available to the public.
A trainer in horizontal flow constructed wetland project design and promotes more investment in implementing proven solutions to many of our current ecological problems.