According to a new study, reconnecting cut-off water bodies & floodplains could aid nitrate removal and contribute to improve water quality. Floodplains offer a vital ecosystem service in permanently removing some of this nitrate pollution through denitrification.
However, 70–80% of the river basin’s floodplains have been converted to arable land, or disconnected by dykes, engineering works for navigation and hydropower dams. Researchers investigated the results in the Danube river basin, flowing through 10 countries in central and eastern Europe.
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