Redirecting Water to Create a Sustainable Plant Environment

Rain gardens and bioswales at clean-water plants help an Arkansas utility promote sustainability, biodiversity and natural wildlife habitat.

Redirecting Water to Create a Sustainable Plant Environment

The rain gardens are designed in part to restore natural habitat and attract butterflies, birds and other wildlife.   

There are huge benefits to the rain gardens at the two wastewater treatment plants in Fayetteville, Arkansas, says Tim Luther, operations manager for contract management firm Jacobs Engineering Group.

More than 135,000 square feet of turf has been converted to rain gardens,...

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