EUA – California (Arcata) – Humedal Costero Artificial: Una Alternativa Rentable para Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales

Breve: Al rechazar una costosa planta regional de tratamiento de aguas residuales, un pueblo transforma un parque industrial abandonado en una marisma que purifica las aguas residuales del municipio.
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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

On a 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

Aerial map of marsh

Hydrocotyl

Hydrocotyl

Visitor access road

Visitor access road

Visitor access road

Visitor access road

More marsh flora.

More marsh flora

Thistles

Thistles

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 afternoon at AMWS

Dense marsh vegetation.

Dense marsh vegetation

North of Arcata

North of Arcata

The headworks.

The headworks

Aerial map of AMWS.

Aerial map of AMWS