EditorialHow One Midwest Treatment Plant Gives Back to Mother Nature

How One Midwest Treatment Plant Gives Back to Mother Nature

A constructed grassland on a water plant site that was once a farm is now home to abundant native plants and a rich variety of wildlife.
  • Appeared in print as "Growing Diversity"
  • By Jeff Smith
  • May 2017
  • Plantscapes
How One Midwest Treatment Plant Gives Back to Mother Nature

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How One Midwest Treatment Plant Gives Back to Mother Nature
A covey of seven quail approaches a feeder in the grassland that was created at the Phillips Street Water Treatment Plant.

Creating a field of native grasses, wildflowers and trees to attract nesting birds and other wildlife has been rewarding for operators of Indiana American Water’s Phillips Street Water Treatment Plant near Kokomo, Indiana.

Since 2007, when the 2 mgd treatment plant was built...

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