Seems it isn't quite working out. Wetlands and their buffers are critical environmental infrastructure. Wetlands are lands where the water table usually is at or near the surface or where the land is covered by shallow water. Wetlands catch and hold floodwaters and runoff, recharge ground water and act as natural filters to cleanse water of impurities. When it rains, street pollution along with pesticides and herbicides from yards and farms wash down toward our waterways.
Wetlands act like sponges, slowing down runoff.
They help absorb, filter out and break down pollution. In addition, they have organisms in the soils that help break down organic chemicals. This helps keep our water supplies clean and makes our ocean safer to swim in. In San Diego, wetlands make up less than 0.5 percent of our land mass. Yet, they provide essential habitat for almost half of the area's threatened and endangered species.