Take a stroll through the Wakodahatchee Wetlands and you"ll likely spot great blue herons, like the fluffed-up pair we"re featuring today. Located in Delray Beach, Florida, and created on 50 acres of wastewater utility property, the park first opened to the public back in 1996. A three-quarter-mile boardwalk takes visitors over ponds and through marshes, offering the chance to see more than 150 bird species, plus turtles, fish, frogs, alligators, and other Floridian fauna. Every day, the Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department pumps about 2 million gallons of highly treated wastewater into the wetlands. Then algae and other plants naturally finish the purification process before the water seeps back into the water table. Quite an upgrade from a yucky wastewater pond.
Finding a balance between wetlands and water treatment
Today in History
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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March of the flowers
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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National Park Service anniversary
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Christmas Tree Point Road and Twin Peaks, San Francisco
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Gone ‘lightseeing’ in Berlin
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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Caribou on the move
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I m here! Take a look at me!
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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Siblings that play together…
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway
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A bridge too Fawr
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Sounds of Bach come to Bath
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Hues of Hokkaido
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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International Polar Bear Day
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When science looks like magic
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Happy Independence Day!
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Twas a night just like tonight
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Perfect timing
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National Merry-Go-Round Day
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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Dog days of summer
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Flowers by the sea
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Thomas Edison s bright idea
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Things are looking up