Enjoying a Natural Fit: Wetlands wastewater-treatment plant suits rural community well
By Jim Sparks
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL REPORTER
WALNUT COVE
In a large swath of bottomland beside Town Fork Creek, a serpentine-shaped pond filled with florescent green duckweed sparkles in the sunlight as it slowly feeds water into large troughs of cattails.
The soft patter of sprayed water falling is punctuated by the sound of geese honking as they take off from the plant-filled lagoons. Deer commonly visit at dusk and dawn.
The air smells a little funky, but no more than what one would expect in a marsh. The place feels like a wildlife refuge.
It's actually Walnut Cove's sewage plant.
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL REPORTER
WALNUT COVE
In a large swath of bottomland beside Town Fork Creek, a serpentine-shaped pond filled with florescent green duckweed sparkles in the sunlight as it slowly feeds water into large troughs of cattails.
The soft patter of sprayed water falling is punctuated by the sound of geese honking as they take off from the plant-filled lagoons. Deer commonly visit at dusk and dawn.
The air smells a little funky, but no more than what one would expect in a marsh. The place feels like a wildlife refuge.
It's actually Walnut Cove's sewage plant.
posted by Andy W. Rogers | 10:04 AM
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