references & resources
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation: "Wetland Functions and Values: Surface and Ground Water Protection"
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: "Threats to Wetlands"
Michigan State University: "Want clean water? Filter with soil"
National Park Service: "Two Ways to Purify Water"
University of Massachusetts Amherst: "Rain Gardens: A Way to Improve Water Quality"
Rain Garden Network: What is a Rain Garden?
Wetlands filter water naturally by removing sediment and heavy metals.
Purification can mean a few different things depending on whether you’re talking about man-made purification systems or natural water filters. Here, we’re talking about how nature purifies water and how to create potable fluid while you’re in the great outdoors, rather than water that is up to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) purification standards for manufactured products and bottled water.
Here, we’re talking about how nature purifies water and how to create potable fluid while you’re in the great outdoors, rather than water that is up to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) purification standards for manufactured products and bottled water.
Sadly, more than half of U.S. wetlands have been destroyed, according to the EPA, so conservation efforts are important when it comes to protecting these ecosystems and the purification of water by natural plants and wetlands.
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Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation: "Wetland Functions and Values: Surface and Ground Water Protection"
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: "Threats to Wetlands"
Michigan State University: "Want clean water? Filter with soil"
National Park Service: "Two Ways to Purify Water"
University of Massachusetts Amherst: "Rain Gardens: A Way to Improve Water Quality"
Rain Garden Network: What is a Rain Garden?
