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August 17, 2011

How natural and engineered systems may work together will be studied at a wetland testbed.

Research at a wetland testbed in Discovery Bay, near San Francisco, Calif., will help achieve the ERC vision of how natural systems may work together with engineered systems to improve water quality, enhance ecosystems, and improve urban aesthetics.

Credit: David L. Sedlak, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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