{"id":115952,"date":"2023-11-22T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/?post_type=video&#038;p=115952"},"modified":"2023-11-22T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T21:55:04","slug":"water-new-jersey-pollution-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/video\/water-new-jersey-pollution-wetlands","title":{"rendered":"Nature Offers a Model for Filtering Wastewater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wastewater\u2014the water that drains down our sinks and showers and flushes down our toilets\u2014is traditionally treated by sewage treatment plants before it can be reused. But such plants are expensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is growing awareness of a cheaper, more environmentally sustainable option to treat wastewater and that mimics how nature has always done it: through wetlands. Wetlands are considered to be the kidneys of an ecosystem, filtering and processing waste. It turns out constructed wetlands can work as well as natural ones and, when properly managed, can even be a tourist attraction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryn Nelson, former microbiologist and freelance science, health, and environmental writer, has written about such wetlands in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/environment\/2023\/11\/20\/water-florida-oregon-wetlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new piece for 精东影业<\/a>, and spoke with 精东影业 Racial Justice Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on <em>YES Presents: Rising Up With Sonali <\/em>about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/environment\/2023\/11\/20\/water-florida-oregon-wetlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing trend of building wetlands as a means of wastewater filtration has surprising benefits: thriving wildlife, vibrant tourism, and a sense of community ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":115953,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[6,279,280],"tags":[724,730,2278],"article-type":[250],"special-series":[],"class_list":["post-115952","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-pollution","category-water","tag-pollution","tag-water","tag-rising-up-with-sonali","article-type-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nature Offers a Model for Filtering Wastewater - 精东影业 Magazine Solutions Journalism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the 精东影业 online magazine Videos Archive for inspiring stories on justice, sustainability, and compassion. 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