Seeing the forest for the trees; protected forests offer an effective means to clean water.(Water Treatment Topics)
National Driller, December, 2003
A recent study conducted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The World Bank reveals that protected forests can be a cost-effective means to purify and provide quality drinking to major cities. Instead of spending billions on water treatment facilities, urban centers should focus their dollars and their efforts on conserving forested areas, the report "Running Pure" suggests.
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The report establishes that more than a third of the world's 105 biggest cities--including New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Nairobi and Melbourne--get much of their drinking water supply from protected forests. These forests, which reduce landslides, erosion and sedimentation, improve water quality by filtering pollutants like pesticides; in some cases, they even...
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