Brief: 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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USA - California (Arcata) - Constructed Wetland: A Cost-Effective Alternative for Wastewater Treatment
Klopp Lake
Marsh bank
AMWS Sign
Queen Anne's Lace
On a walking trail
'Island' in marsh
Former municipal landfill
AMWS Interpretive Center
AMWS Interpretive Center
Aerial map of marsh
Hydrocotyl
Visitor access road
Visitor access road
More marsh flora
Thistles
Humboldt Bay 'sunset'
Overlooking Humboldt Bay
Primary treatment facility
AMWS Interpretive Center
'Butcher's Slough'
The headworks
Overcast afternoon at AMWS
Dense marsh vegetation
North of Arcata
The headworks
Aerial map of AMWS