{"id":115670,"date":"2023-11-20T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//?post_type=article&#038;p=115670"},"modified":"2023-11-22T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T22:02:19","slug":"water-florida-oregon-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//environment/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//11/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//20/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//water-florida-oregon-wetlands","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Power of Wastewater Wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>At the Fernhill Wetlands along the Pacific Flyway in suburban Forest Grove, Oregon, dedicated birders have documented <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//ebird.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//hotspot/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//L163529/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">more than 240 avian species</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a>. Uncommon birds like the American bittern and Virginia rail have appeared more frequently on the 90 acres of marshland since it was constructed in 2014. Human visitors have flocked to the picturesque park as well, to sit, walk, watch, and even wed.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>Not bad for a wastewater treatment plant.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>Fed by five million gallons of treated wastewater every day, Fernhill/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s constructed waterfalls add oxygen back to the flow. One million reintroduced native plants representing about two dozen species (plus other species returning on their own) remove excess nitrogen, phosphorus, chemicals, and suspended solids, while providing the shade needed to cool the water before it reaches the nearby Tualatin River. During construction, workers installed 180 logs and snags, and even varied the topographies of wetland basins to mimic the region/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s aquatic habitats and offer more diverse niches for marsh birds, shorebirds, and other wildlife.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//wp-admin/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//Nature%20offers%20a%20model%20for%20filtering%20wastewater/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"><strong>WATCH: Nature 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/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//noscript></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//figure>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>The natural water filtration system fashioned from old sewage lagoons has become an /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201c<a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//fernhillnts.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//faqs/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">ecological bridge</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d between treatment plants operated by the Clean Water Services utility in western Oregon and an increasingly vulnerable Tualatin River. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cI always say wetlands are the kidneys of the Earth,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d says Jared Kinnear, a biologist who helped design Fernhill and now manages it and the utility/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s other reuse projects. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cWe/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019re just harnessing the process that/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s been going on for millions of years./wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>Constructed wetlands have been used for decades in Europe and <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.epa.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//wetlands/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//constructed-wetlands-wastewater-treatment-and-wildlife-habitat-17-case-studies/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">some parts of the United States</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a> as natural water-cleaning systems. Amid the growing threats of the climate crisis and habitat fragmentation, they/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019re gaining in popularity as a form of nature-inspired infrastructure that can not only prevent pollution but also create vital green spaces for wildlife and humans alike.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>In 2011, after reviewing its options for a needed expansion, Clean Water Services found that an $18 million wetland buffer made good financial sense as well: It cost roughly half as much as a concrete-and-steel treatment system. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cNot only did Fernhill cost less, but it certainly offered a whole lot more environmental and social benefits than other options,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d says Diane Taniguchi-Dennis, the utility/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s CEO.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>Constructed wetlands require active tending, such as periodic dredging, removal of invasive species, wildlife management, and even controlled burns. But these semi-wild spaces have proven so popular that the utilities operating them have had to regularly remind visitors of their primary function: cleaning wastewater.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"><strong>Wildlife Encounters</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>Along the Atlantic Flyway in central Florida, the Brevard County Wastewater Treatment Plant similarly <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.youtube.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//watch?v=rxcQce5RJXM/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">transformed 200 acres of pastureland</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a> back into water-filtering wetlands in 1998. Workers constructed four marshes/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2014each with its own small island and all separated by earthen berms/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2014and then reintroduced more than 200,000 native plants representing 19 species. Arrayed around a central lake, the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.brevardfl.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//UtilityServices/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//RichGrissomMemorialWetlands/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a>, known locally as the Viera Wetlands, help purify wastewater that/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s reclaimed for irrigation or discharged into the Four Mile Canal and upper St. Johns River during the rainy season.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<center><iframe src=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.facebook.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//plugins/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftucsonwater%2Fposts%2Fpfbid074oejoJQFgbVMbKu34DaVweiTgjHNdmdjR333hxkAPwKNie5TiChojRo6kcXCiZ5l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"500/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"684/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"border:none;overflow:hidden/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" scrolling=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"no/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" frameborder=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"0/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" allowfullscreen=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"true/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" allow=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//iframe></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//center>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>One scientist called the Viera Wetlands the /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201c<a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.tallahassee.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//life/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//home-garden/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//2017/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//07/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//sewage-and-birds-galore-converge-wetlands/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//451747001/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">best place I/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019ve found in Florida</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a> for both fabulous birding and photography./wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d Local resident Kim Englert, a health care coach, recalls seeing so many ibises on a late spring day in 2021 that the entire landscape appeared speckled white. Her favorites, though, are the wetlands/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019 alligators. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cMy Kentucky friends, they flip a wig when I show them pictures of gators,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d she says.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>In April 2023, frequent visitors were far less pleased when county commissioners <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.floridatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//local/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//04/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//07/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//viera-wetlands-close-public-six-months-birding-ritch-grissom/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//70076470007/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">announced an impending six-month closure</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a> of the wetlands to remove a buildup of muck and dead vegetation that had raised nitrogen levels past the limits mandated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cMost people here don/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019t really understand what their purpose is,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d Englert says of the wetlands. Through a <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.facebook.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//groups/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//659707112370364/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">Facebook group</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a> that she co-manages and other social media sites, she hopes to educate the community and underscore safety concerns/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2014such as dogs getting too close to the alligators and vehicles destabilizing the berms/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2014that could shut down public access for good. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cIt/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s a gift,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d she says, /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cnot a guarantee./wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d </wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>In Arizona, the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.facebook.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//sweeth2owetlands/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">Sweetwater Wetlands</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a> on the western edge of Tucson have likewise become a big tourist draw. Interpretive displays at the urban wildlife habitat, park, and natural treatment system describe the water reclamation process, while a photography competition emphasizes the importance of the desert oasis for migrating and permanent animal residents.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<center><iframe src=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.facebook.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//plugins/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftucsonwater%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02fvCAVkuFvVp7arNhRHPMzXa3VxLU4FNrPrEqRi7ZDqhGVVydKPp2nrkGwEUVW9Avl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"500/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"566/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"border:none;overflow:hidden/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" scrolling=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"no/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" frameborder=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"0/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" allowfullscreen=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"true/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" allow=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//iframe></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//center>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>Retired software engineer and photography enthusiast Steven Winker won a second-place award for a dramatic photo of a <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.facebook.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//photo/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//?fbid=751642426967630&amp;set=a.247709120694299/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">bobcat about to pounce on an unlucky rat</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a>. He recalls the thrill of passing within feet of another bobcat nicknamed /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cMama/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2014so named by her many admirers because she had raised multiple litters in the wetlands.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>In November 2022, about a month after researchers outfitted her with a radio collar, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//tucson.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//local/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//subscriber/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//death-of-popular-sweetwater-bobcat-sparks-sadness-anger/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//article_a24b4818-9780-11ed-9512-93c031ba7365.html/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">Mama died</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a>; researchers suspect she was struck by a car on a nearby road. Beyond an outpouring of grief, her death sparked a bitter controversy among residents who suspected that the radio collars were changing the behavior of the bobcats and making them more susceptible to harm. Tracking data suggested no ill effects on the animals, though the deaths of multiple collared bobcats pointed to another sad truth: Creating inviting semi-urban spaces for wildlife brings the animals closer not only to adoring fans but also to highways and hunters.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"><strong>Restoring Nature</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>The popularity of Oregon/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s Fernhill has required Clean Water Services to defuse its own share of potential public relations disasters, like the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.dfw.state.or.us/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//2020/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//11_Nov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//110520.asp/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/">mass die-offs of cackling geese</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//a> in 2020. The birds ate fungus-contaminated grain in nearby fields and then expired in the wetlands. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cWe/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019re in a fishbowl,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d Kinnear says, keenly aware of how the deaths could have been wrongly attributed to something in the treated water if the incident had not been properly investigated and explained.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>At the same time, he has had to continually weed out invasive plants and animals threatening the site/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s water filtration function. The utility/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s proactive management, though, has created new opportunities to educate the public about the benefits and limits of nature-inspired systems, and to explore how human stewardship might nurture new ecosystems.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>The <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//www.nature.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//en-us/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//about-us/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//where-we-work/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//priority-landscapes/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//colorado-river/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//mexico-wastewater-treatment/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670///wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/"noreferrer 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wasn/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019t enough to accommodate the region/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s population growth and the resulting influx of wastewater that is now roughly double the existing plant/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s treatment capacity. That wetland, Carrera says, has already become an oasis for migratory and resident birds like the endangered Yuma clapper rail, mammals like bobcats and foxes, and reptiles like chameleons. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cSo it is now a wildlife refuge,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d he says.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>In parallel with upgrades to the plant/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s treatment process, tentatively slated for 2025, a new series of intermediate water-filtering wetland basins will significantly improve the quality of the 3.5 billion gallons of reclaimed water before it flows into the larger wetland and then into the Colorado River Delta. Improving that flow can lower the concentration of other contaminants/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2014essentially using treated wastewater to help dilute pollution/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2014while nourishing the downstream estuary/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019s wildlife.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>Carrera has alleviated some community concerns that the natural water purification won/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u2019t be enough to clean the Colorado by emphasizing that the process will combine the filtering abilities of a more efficient treatment plant <em>and</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//em> the series of constructed wetlands to aid the ailing delta. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201cThey are very conscious that the water, for them, means income,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/u201d he says of local residents who depend upon the river for agriculture, fishing, boating, and tourism.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/115670/n<p>For many ecosystems, recycled water means life. 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