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Wetland Water Filtration & Flood Buffer Lab

Compare a wetland lane against a straight paved channel side by side: watch sediment settle and nutrients get absorbed by roots as water crosses the wetland, and see how spongy wetland soil flattens a stormwater flood peak that rushes straight through the paved route.

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⚙ Under the hood

Two identical polluted, sediment-laden inflows run side by side — one through a dense-vegetation wetland, one down a straight paved channel. Watch sediment settle and roots strip nutrients as water crosses the wetland while the paved lane stays just as dirty, then trigger a stormwater pulse and compare live flood-peak hydrographs: the wetland's spongy soil flattens and delays the surge while the paved route passes it straight through as a sharp spike.

wetland ecosystem serviceswater filtrationsediment settlingnutrient removalstormwater bufferingflood peakriparianecological engineering

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