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Chapter 2
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- 1. An initiative in waste water treatment in the town of Arcata Submitted By: Saksham Agrawal Class 12th A
- 2. “You start by working for the ecosystem, but pretty soon you figure out how to get the ecosystem working for you! 2
- 4. Artificial Process It includes: ⇨ The conventional sedimentation ⇨ Filtering and chlorine treatments but ⇨ The dangerous pollutants like dissolved metals still remain
- 5. It includes: ⇨ a series of six connected marshes over 60 hectares of land ⇨ seeding of appropriate plants, algae, fungi and bacteria to ⇨ neutralize, absorb and assimilate the pollutants of water naturally as it passes through the marshes Natural Process 5
- 6. Benefits ⇨ Marshes constitute a sanctuary with a high level of biodiversity ⇨ No sewage produced in the process and hence, no sewage treatment required which in turn saves money ⇨ Formation of a citizens group called Friends of the Arcata Marsh [FOAM] to upkeep and safeguard the project, this also provides employment to the people. 6
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- 8. 8 Bibliography NCERT Biology textbook for Class XII Webliography www.google.co.in www.arcatamarshfriends.org