View of the wetland at Trin Warren Tam-Boore in Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This artficially created wetland is designed to pre-treat

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View of the wetland at Trin Warren Tam-Boore in Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This artficially created wetland is designed to pre-treat stormwater from surrounding roads and rooftops in order to allow it to be safely discharged via a natural creek into Port Phillip Bay. The wetland consists of series of ponds of varying depths containing indigenous aquatic plants (sedges, reeds and rushes) which trap sediments and remove soluble pollutants such as nitrogen. It is an example of the use of bioremediation in the treatment of polluted water. In addition, the ponds represent a reservoir of water than can be recycled when needed for irrigation of a nearby golf course; and the wetland area provides shelter and food for a wide range of local indigenous wildlife, including birds, mammals, reptiles and fish

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Keywords: artificial, australia, biological, biology, bioremediation, botanical, botany, golf, irrigation, melbourne, nitrogen, pollution, recycling, reeds, rush, sedge, tam-boore, trin, warren, water, wetland