Case Study: Habitat Creation – Water Treatment System – Steart Marshes The Steart Marshes nature reserve is an innovative response to dealing with the squeeze on wildlife along the Severn Estuary. Rising sea levels are putting the squeeze on the UK’s coast so The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the Environment Agency created Steart Marshes – one of the UK’s largest new wetland reserves. Hundreds of hectares of saltmarsh and freshwater wetlands buffer homes and businesses from rising sea levels, and provide habitat for a rich mix of wetland wildlife including otters, egrets, owls waders and wildfowl. Steart Marshes is a place that demonstrates how wetlands are productive and useful. As well as being a natural buffer, providing protection to the newly created flood banks, the saltmarsh

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