From Sewage Lagoon to Wetland Nature Preserve

A treatment plant expansion and upgrade includes a constructed wetland that doubles as a community nature study resource.
From Sewage Lagoon to Wetland Nature Preserve
The wetland ponds are surrounded by hundreds of young trees and shrubs, and about 20 strategically placed white spruce and white pine saplings will grow into a windbreak.

A sewage lagoon being converted into a wetland and nature preserve at the Grand Bend Area Wastewater Treatment Facility in southern Ontario has solved treatment capacity and budget problems while gaining widespread recognition for its sustainable design.

The new 0.65 mgd...

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