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constructed wetlands
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constructed wetlands

A system of artificially created marshy-type areas of vegetation with frequent flooding, designed to treat wastewater through natural biological processes. The Environmental Protection Agency is a strong proponent of this method of cleaning water and has many additional resources on its Web site at www.epa.gov;search on “constructed wetlands.”



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At three sites in northwestern Ohio, scientists are running water from drain lines and surface runoff through a constructed wetland and then storing it in a reservoir.
Our research focuses on the development and innovative use of constructed wetland technology to address a range of environmental and socioeconomic problems associated with the maintenance of healthy Canadian water resources.
Tenenbaum's article about constructed wetlands in the January 2004 issue of EHP (Tenenbaum 2004).
 
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