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Green revolution in wastewater nature's answer to pollution.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 31-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Green revolution in wastewater nature's answer to pollution.(Going Green)

Article Excerpt
Mississippi was the leader of a "green revolution" in wastewater treatment that started approximately 20 years ago growing out of research done at the Stennis Space Center by Dr. Bill Wolverton designed to treat polluted air and wastewater in future moon colonies or space stations.

What Wolverton found was that wastewater could be treated with natural plant systems that cost far less to build and operate than traditional mechanical treatment systems. With constructed wetlands, plants take up nutrients in the wastewater to grow, and microorganisms associated with the plant roots help break down pollution.

As a spin-off of the research, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment (also known as artificial marshland wastewater treatment systems) were built not just in Mississippi, but in wide locations throughout the country. Constructed wetlands have now been built to handle waste from municipalities, industry and agriculture, and also to capture and treat stormwater runoff.

There are now a number...

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