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Ecological studies have revealed that nature has an in-built system to restore itself, thereby sustaining its continuity. In other words, natural ecosystems can act as “Living Machines” in keeping the ecosystems habitable. The biological communities – microbes, plants, and animals – serve as the driving force of several living technological innovations – constructed wetlands, Lake Restores, Eco-Restorers, and Reedbeds. These ecologically based technologies are suitable for environment restoration or mitigation, food production through waste conversions, as well as architecture and landscape design.
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- Chemical Oxygen Demand
- Total Suspended Solid
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- Sequence Batch Reactor
- Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
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Hung, YT., Hawumba, J.F., Wang, L.K. (2010). Living Machines. In: Wang, L., Tay, JH., Tay, S., Hung, YT. (eds) Environmental Bioengineering. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 11. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-031-1_22
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