... Central Flyway. Wetlands help improve and maintain water quality of streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Because of the location of wetlands they intercept runoff from humans before it reaches the ground water or large bodies of water. Wetlands act like a filter. Runoff and surface water pass through the soil and removes or transforms the pollutants through chemical, physical, and biological processes ... from the watershed equal to a five million dollar sewage treatment plan. In Georgia scientist have estimated that for every 2,500 acres of wetlands it saves one million dollars in wa...

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