People don’t typically think of wastewater treatment plants as local attractions, but they do in Escambia County, Fla. There, a 1.5-mile boardwalk at the Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility lets visitors tour a natural wetland in style and comfort.The boardwalk at the extended aeration, activated sludge treatment facility owned by the Emerald Coast Utility Authority (ECUA) near Pensacola, Fla., attracts walkers, joggers, bicyclists, bird enthusiasts, dog walkers, tourists, and others who want to be one with nature — to a degree. As plant manager Steve Woods says, the boardwalk allows people to “take a walk through a real northwest Florida
