Photos Constructed Wetlands (Arcata, California)

  • Story Overview: Shunning a costly regional sewage treatment plant, a town converts derelict industrial land into a marsh that purifies its municipal wastewater.
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  • Photos by Amanda Suutari | Feel free to download photos | Please credit photographer/website
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Klopp Lake
Klopp Lake
Marsh bank
Marsh bank
AMWS Sign
AMWS Sign
Queen Anne's Lace
Queen Anne's Lace
On a walking trail
Walking trail
'Island' in marsh
'Island' in marsh
Former municipal landfill
Former municipal landfill
AMWS Interpretive Center
AMWS Interpretive Center
AMWS Interpretive Center
AMWS Interpretive Center
Aerial map of marsh
Marsh aerial map
Hydrocotyl
Hydrocotyl
Visitor access road
Visitor access road
Visitor access road
Visitor access road
More marsh flora.
More marsh flora
Teasel
Teasel
Humboldt Bay 'sunset'
Humboldt Bay 'sunset'
Overlooking Humboldt Bay
Overlooking Humboldt Bay
Primary treatment facility
Primary treatment facility
The AMWS Interpretive Center.
AMWS Interpretive Center
'Butcher's Slough'
'Butcher's Slough'
The headworks
The headworks
Overcast afternoon at AMWS.
Overcast marsh afternoon
Dense marsh vegetation.
Dense marsh vegetation
North of Arcata
North of Arcata
The headworks.
The headworks
Aerial map of AMWS.
Marsh aerial map

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