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Nitrates are important nutrients for plant life which then helps filter the water and provide oxygen, food, and shelter for animal life. That is where the food chain begins and having a good quantity of nitrates which comes from decomposition of organic material makes the stream healthy enough to sustain it.

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Nitrates are important nutrients for plant life which then helps filter the water and provide oxygen, food, and shelter for animal life. That is where the food chain begins and having a good quantity of nitrates which comes from decomposition of organic material makes the stream healthy enough to sustain it.

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