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Man-made wetlands turn wastewater into tap water
2014-08-03 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: As murky water snakes through a man-made wetland between Dallas and Houston, its shallow ponds of lush vegetation slowly filter out phosphorous and nitrates until, a week later, the water runs clear as a creek into the area drinking supply. The 2,000-acre wetland system in Fairfield converts what is mainly treated wastewater that would otherwise flow into the Gulf of Mexico into an additional 65,000 gallons per day feeding the Richland-Chambers Reservoir - a significant contribution in a state...
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