Education on the Wing: A Virginia Treatment Plant Provides a Haven for Birds

A bird sanctuary at a Virginia clean-water plant helps a utility deliver a critical message about the value of clean water.

Education on the Wing: A Virginia Treatment Plant Provides a Haven for Birds

Killdeers fly over one of the five lagoons that make up the wildlife area.

As a centerpiece for a clean-water treatment plant’s community outreach, it’s hard to beat the 24-acre bird-watcher’s paradise created by five lagoons at the Roanoke (Virginia) Water Pollution Control Plant.

“We get bird-watchers from all over the country,” says Scott...

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