Examples of environmental contamination risk reduction due to decreased coastal flooding provided by coral reef restoration

Examples of environmental contamination risk reduction due to decreased coastal flooding provided by coral reef restoration in Florida. Adapted from the study Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards.

a Petroleum storage tanks, pSTs, with above ground in yellow and underground in red. b Wastewater treatment plants, WWTPs. c Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, OSTDSs. The dark blue areas indicate the areas that are in a flood hazard zone for current coral reefs and the light blue areas indicate the reduced flood zones with coral reef restoration. Orange areas represent the spatial extent of wastewater treatment plants and red areas indicate properties containing an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system. Coral reef restoration is projected to reduce the size of coastal floodplains, reducing the flooding of properties containing pSTs, OSTDSs, and WWTPs and the resulting environmental contamination.