
Floating Treatment Wetlands, often shortened to FTWs, are engineered floating platforms planted with wetland vegetation that sit on the surface of ponds, lakes, canals, reservoirs, stormwater basins, and other water bodies. Unlike natural wetlands, these systems do not grow from soil at the bottom. Instead, the plants are supported by a buoyant mat or raft,

Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil or stays near the surface long enough to create waterlogged soils and support water-loving plants. They sit between dry land and open water, and that “in-between” nature makes them some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Wetlands are often misunderstood as muddy, useless places, but in