Entries Tagged Landscaping

A milkweed patch sprouted at the Greater Sudbury Wastewater Treatment Plant. The team and community groups turned it into a haven for monarch butterflies.

Operators at a central Wisconsin municipal water and wastewater utility plant flower gardens to help monarch butterflies breed new generations.

Demonstration xeriscape gardens help a Colorado city encourage residents to replace grass with water-conserving vegetation.

A landscape contest among California utilities encourages residents to replace lawns with water-saving plants and flowers

A Newly Renovated Plaza and Fountain on the Wastewater Treatment Plant Property Creates Positive Impressions in Edmonds, Washington.

An innovative fence design provides security while maintaining the architectural integrity of a historic water treatment plant building in Saginaw, Michigan.

Community involvement helped a Connecticut water authority create a unique building and a landscape with educational and functional values.

The City of Augusta preserved a collection of miniature buildings as part of an expansion of the Highland Avenue Water Treatment Plant.

An extensive tree-planting and landscaping project helps provide visual screening and odor control for a tertiary treatment plant.

Operators embellish an established pond habitat and spruce up the plant grounds to enhance the visitor experience.

A Tennessee treatment plant neighboring a historic area undertakes tree plantings to enhance visual appearance and build favorable public perceptions.

When the Athens (Alabama) Wastewater Treatment Plant came online in 2009, the staff faced a few training and startup challenges. Listen in as Virgil White, the plant's superintendent, explains how the staff maintains the new facility and learn what the city is doing to improve wastewater services.

Maintenance technician Rod Ewing put his artistic talent to work to beautify a digester at a clean-water plant in Port Orchard, Washington

Tree plantings, odor-control systems, noise abatement and new lighting strategies help the South Cary Water Reclamation Facility adapt to neighboring subdivisions.