A California District Combines Wetland Treatment, Wildlife Habitat and Renewable Energy

A complex of ponds and wetlands around a California clean-water plant provides a treatment step for reuse water and habitat for birds and wildlife

A California District Combines Wetland Treatment, Wildlife Habitat and Renewable Energy

The staff at the Las Gallinas Sanitary District includes, from left, Brian Exberger, Norman Rogers, Ralph Loveless, Greg Pease, Chris Gill, Mike Cortez, Rob Fernandes, Bob Buchholz, Chris Campbell, Joshua Binder, Kristina Kempf, Teri Lerch, Irene Huang, Manuel Cardenas, Mel Liebmann, Mike Prinz, Robert Ruiz and Sahar Golshani.

Nearly three-fourths of the 400 acres that contain the Las Gallinas (California) Valley Sanitary District’s secondary wastewater treatment plant provide habitat for wildlife, recreation for residents and a location for final treatment of reuse water.

A 10-acre saltwater marsh,...

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