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The marsh builders : the fight for clean water, wetlands, and wildlife / Sharon Levy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levy, Sharon, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wetland restoration--United States.
- Wetland restoration.
- Water--Purification--Biological treatment--United States.
- Water.
- Sewage--Purification--Biological treatment--United States.
- Sewage.
- Wetland landscape design--United States.
- Wetland landscape design.
- Wetland ecology--United States.
- Wetland ecology.
- Sewage--Purification--Biological treatment.
- Water--Purification--Biological treatment.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Reviving lost wetlands is vital to the long-term health of human communities and the waters that sustain them. 'The Marsh Builders' interweaves the tale of a citizen uprising against conventional sewage treatment with the history of water pollution and the emerging scientific understanding of wetlands as effective natural filters for tainted water.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 9780197559550
- 0197559557
- OCLC:
- 1222774602
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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