Increasingly, the dynamics observed in naturally occurring watersheds have been applied to the treatment of various types of water (effluents) that have been negatively impacted by humans. For example, the same processes that serve to remove or sequester nutrients in natural waters can be used to remove or sequester nutrients in industrial effluents. The staff of the AACC Environmental Center have designed, created, and constructed wetlands for the removal of nutrients for wastewater generated at the USFWS Visitors Center in Laurel, Maryland.

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