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Nature-based wetlands restoration highlighted as efficient way to reduce nutrient loads
Summary
The Nature Conservancy and other panelists described wetlands as a cost-effective, multi-benefit strategy to capture nutrients before they reach downstream waters; an early benefits estimate cited at the forum said each dollar invested in H2Ohio wetlands returns roughly $8 in benefits.
Panelists at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum said restoring and protecting wetlands is an important complement to farm practices and sewer upgrades in reducing nutrient pollution.
"Think about wetlands like kidneys. They clean water," Bill Stanley, State Director of The Nature Conservancy in Ohio, said. Stanley said wetlands…
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