What Are Constructed Wetlands Are Created To Improve Water Quality

Giving full credit to restricting the Mississippi River as the culprit for loss of wetlands is not accurate. The booming oil and gas exploration of the 1970’s and 1980’s merits a name on the marquee as well. The pipelines and canals used to transport the resources to the outside world placed a great deal of stress on the fragile wetlands. Erosion from the barges in and out of the marshes as well as the salt water allowed into the fresh water, providing a precarious habitat for fresh water species – flora and fauna alike. Plants provide root systems to hold soil in place. Fish and fowl provide an economy for the area. Enter

Wetlands provide fish and wildlife habitat. It supplies food water, along with areas that can be used for nesting or resting. Wetlands also act as a aquifer recharge and discharge area. They are able to recharge groundwater or excess groundwater is able to discharge into the wetland. Wetlands act as flood storage when rainfall and snowmelt leave an excess of water around and no place to go.

Wetlands include ecosystems such as swamps, bogs, and marshes. They are extremely important, providing flood protection by acting as a sponge, holding and slowly releasing any water runoff that comes in contact with them. This includes holding flood waters, preventing floods from occurring. Also, wetland plants will trap soil with their roots and can absorb the energy of waves thereby preventing shoreline erosion. They naturally improve water quality by filtering water runoff, and some groundwater, saving millions of dollars of waste water treatment. It has been estimated that wetlands provide shellfishing and fishing companies with 15 billion dollars worth of catch (EPA, “Wetlands and People”), including bluegills.

Silver Creek Wetland Complex is a rare coastal wetland found along the eastern side of the Nottawasaga Bay Shoreline. It falls within the town boundary of the Town of Collingwood, which was formally a part of the Town of Blue Mountains. Because the area is a part of the greater Silver Creek Watershed, the marshy land is classified as a Schedule B Category 1 land under Environmental Protection as per the Official Plan of the Town of Collingwood. Blue Mountain Trust Watershed Practice monitors the watershed and the significant wetland is protected and maintained by Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. The 2700 Ha watershed flows through the “Lake of Clouds” by Castle Glen, down the Niagara Escarpment, where the 160 Ha complex at the

Possible solution example: Using a rain garden can dramatically impact the environment. During heavy downpours, our outdated sewer system cannot handle the runoff due to impermeable surfaces in the community. Dave Morris, who is a liaison to the mayor states, “Every homeowner should consider a rain garden to decrease the amount of pollutants running into the watershed” (305). Rain gardens provide a temporary place to hold rainwater, allowing it to be absorbed over time and filtering out contaminants that would otherwise end up in waterways.

Ducks Unlimited tries to revert these watersheds back to their natural levels by draining the wetlands that have extremely high levels of contaminants in the water. They then clean the soil in the habitat and find a way to decrease the extra contaminates from entering the watershed. Next they will pump healthy water back into the wetlands and install buffer strips that act like a filter that will catch the extra nutrients and silt.

Wetlands improve water quality by helping with nearby flood control. The bottomland hardwoods areas contain large amount of nutrient rich soil which is capable of soaking up excess water from floods or runoff. These types of wetlands also contain marshes or swamps where the water is gathered to create a new environment for other

The wetlands are a natural environment for native fish and shellfish population shellfish that make up Louisiana’s seafood and fisheries. Without these habitats the region’s fisheries will find it difficult to cultivate and live on.3

In his presentation, Cal Dueck of the Parker Wetlands conservation committee, argued that the wetlands should not be destroyed, because the ecosystem contributes to the overall health of the city and its inhabitants. His first point, to support his view, is the fact that the land serves as a natural water management system. The wetlands help regulate floods by absorbing excess water. If the land is developed, and covered in concrete, flooding may become a bigger problem in the city, and thus decrease the overall health of the city. In addition to flood control, the wetlands also help purify the ground water. The vegetation in the wetlands, per Ducks Unlimited Canada, “traps sediment and pollutants, and wetlands microorganisms break down the contaminants.” This means, that the people of Winnipeg, would have their rights to better ground water taken from them, if the land gets developed. Cal therefore argues, that when wetlands are destroyed, the well being of the cities inhabitants is also destroyed. This argument is in line with the arguments of William Blackstone, as presented by Joseph Desjardins in his book “Environmental Ethics: An introduction to environmental philosophy”. Blackstone argues that there is a need to recognize a new human right, which is the “right to a livable environment” . Furthermore, Blackstone also argues the right to a livable

The Delta Wetlands is marsh that has soft mushy soil. The river deposits the dirt into the Delta Wetland making it larger. Thanks to the Delta Wetlands there is two smaller streams. The Delta wetlands are located on southeast part of Boomtown. The marsh has soft mushy soil making it hard to build on. And if they need to build there they will have to drain all the water in the large marsh.

In southern California, there are various challenges facing the recovery of shoreline front wetlands and salt swamps. For a few times people have ignored the contrary points of view, that would achieve the environment some mischief in perspective of urbanization.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded “Living River” program, that was created by the Sonoran Institute, has the goal to enhance the wetland ecosystems that are located in the lower Santa Cruz River and enhance the comprehension of the wetland conditions as well as increase the knowledge of the importance of the wetlands to the public (Pima County Arizona, 2017c). Along with the EPA, the Regional Optimization Master Plan (ROMP) is also involved in this program. ROMP is an important environmental factor because it is working towards better water quality, clarity, and an enhanced environment for wildlife. It has done this by upgrading the two main wastewater treatment plants that release to the Lower Santa Cruz River (Pima County Arizona, 2017c). ROMP has been successful with treating the wastewater and has been a very important contribute to making this water better for the environment and the community.

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Wetland soils are extremely varied. They are found from the tropics to the subarctic. They can be seasonal or year-round, freshwater or saltwater, organic or mineral. The one thing that all of them have in common is that for at least part of the year they are saturated with water. This saturation has a significant impact on the soil's physics, chemistry, and biota. However, over the past century more than half of all the wetlands in the United States has been drained for agriculture and other uses such as construction. When the soils are drained the physics, chemistry, and biota are drastically changed. This paper is an attempt to

Water purification and a wastewater treatment plants would be necessary in order to provide the citizens and visitors with clean healthy water. To prevent flooding, this city was built on flood plains.