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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					Plum blossoms in China
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					What s better than a smile?
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					Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
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					A crested partridge
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					A wonderland in winter
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					Flowers by the sea
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					Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
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					Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
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					A valley view at 9,000 feet
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					Sutherland Falls in Fiordland National Park
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					It s harvest time on World Food Day
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					A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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					A bohemian feline
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					Independence Day
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					Grand Teton National Park
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					Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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					Longtailed widowbird at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
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					Enter the magical world of Livraria Lello
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					Cenote near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
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					Invisible no longer
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					Sibiu Christmas market, Romania
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					World of WearableArt Awards
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					Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
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					Let’s go mothing
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					Patriot Day
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					Big Bend National Park in Texas turns 81
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					Infinity Day
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					Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
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					Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
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