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Value-Focused Approach to Improving Water Quality: Albany-Millersburg Talking Water Gardens

To meet new total maximum daily load requirements, the cities of Albany and Millersburg in Oregon worked together to design and fund a project that addresses wastewater treatment from a natural hydrological perspective. The Talking Water Gardens project involved creating 37 acres of constructed wetlands and was partially funded through $8 million received through the Oregon CWSRF.

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Value-Focused Approach to Improving Water Quality: Albany-Millersburg Talking Water Gardens (PDF)(3 pp, 456 K)