Vital role for wetlands

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. - Water Pollut. Control Fed.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7096342

Nichols, A B

This article describes the trend toward preservation and creative exploitation of wetlands for their water quality and flood control benefits. The US has lost over half of its original 215 million acres of wetlands due to earlier agricultural policies that encouraged conversion of wetlands to crop lands or to ecologically unsound flood control policies. Amoco Oil Company refinery is cited for its use of bio-oxidation ponds to augment its waste treatment systems. Alaska has developed a comprehensive wetlands management plan. Louisiana's wetlands mitigation efforts may require many years. Techniques are being developed there to repair damage caused by natural erosion, and by flood control levees and canals constructed by the oil and gas industries.

• OSTI ID: 7096342
• Journal Information: J. - Water Pollut. Control Fed.; (United States), Journal Name: J. - Water Pollut. Control Fed.; (United States) Vol. 60:7; ISSN JWPFA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FLOOD CONTROL
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INDUSTRY
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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PLANNING
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