Man-made wetlands turn wastewater into tap water

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Man-made wetlands turn wastewater into tap water

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/man-made-wetlands-turn-wastewater-tap-water-143247254.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7bwjE_SK3l4OUcPSVkwz2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1d27509b2565a51e5b0f6a7067007ec1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo Wednesday, July 9, 2014, Chris Zachry, wetlands project manager for the Tarrant Regional Water District, watches clean water from a man made wetland project flow into the Richland Chambers Reservoir near Fairfield, Texas. As slow-moving, turbid water snakes through a man-made wetland, phosphorous and nitrates are slowly filtered out through shallow ponds full of lush vegetation and water birds until, a week later, the water runs clear as a creek directly into a North Texas drinking supply. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" align="left" title="In this photo Wednesday, July 9, 2014, Chris Zachry, wetlands project manager for the Tarrant Regional Water District, watches clean water from a man made wetland project flow into the Richland Chambers Reservoir near Fairfield, Texas. As slow-moving, turbid water snakes through a man-made wetland, phosphorous and nitrates are slowly filtered out through shallow ponds full of lush vegetation and water birds until, a week later, the water runs clear as a creek directly into a North Texas drinking supply. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>FAIRFIELD, Texas (AP) â€" As murky water snakes through a man-made wetland between Dallas and Houston, its shallow ponds of lush vegetation slowly filter out phosphorous and nitrates until, a week later, the water runs clear as a creek into the area drinking supply.</p><br clear="all"/>

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