Why do we keep water only in rivers and streams?

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After observing the empowering effect of waste water gardens, natural pools, grey water pits on it makes one wonder why engineers and architects do not include cleaning water gardens along the banks of all our polluted waterways and streams above the flood line. Circulating stream water like this would create community spaces for aquaculture, aquaponics and could be created by small machines and inexpensive materials, clay and pvc with big impact on water quality, aquatic life, carbon foot print and places for society to destress. In our village we were blessed with a small spring, we pump about 7m3/hr up the hill and trickle down through 22 connected ponds and pools, no chemicals are used. The water quality improved 800% from the source (coliform) over one year of use and we have an abundance of organic material in the plants and almost no 'soil' or mud problems.  Operating cost and maintenance is very low.

So why do we not see it along all waterways, it seems such a low hanging fruit for water treatment and green space preservation and would make it water ways self healing to some degree and possibly regenerative?? 

Am i missing something?

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