The City will be creating about 30 acres of polishing
wetlands as part of the Ellis Creek Water Recycling
Facility. The City will also be converting the facility’s
two southern oxidation ponds to treatment wetlands. The
wetlands provide a low-cost way to treat the community’s
wastewater, while simultaneously functioning as a quality
wildlife sanctuary, with public access, as is done at the
successful and popular Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary.
Grant funding secured in support of the project will provide
for construction of walking trails from the Petaluma River
dredge reclamation ponds at Shollenberger Park to the new
wetlands and will create new trails to the Petaluma River.
With these changes, the public will have access to about 230
acres of wetlands and wildlife sanctuary.
Creation
of Beneficial Wetlands 