We often read about big new clean-water plants surrounded by acres and acres of ponds, pathways and wildlife habitat. Such projects are often the product of high-dollar engineering and landscape architecture firms, put to work as part of capital improvement programs with vast budgets.
But here and there, around the country, treatment plant teams are proving it doesn’t take all that to make their grounds more beautiful, more sustainable, and more friendly to birds, fish and wildlife.
All it really takes is some energy, some dedication, some ingenuity, and a little creative scrounging. Two small-town treatment plants highlighted recently in our “PlantScapes”
