Elevated Wetlands | Part 2

Solar pumps, which is a water pump connected to a set of solar panels, drive the water up into a ponding area, and that you will see around each of the containers. Then each of the containers, (I should say) or sets of containers has a set of solar panels, which in return pumps the water into the containers, so they’re cycling all the time. The excess water that moves in gets returned to the river and one can say significantly cleansed. And you can note that by looking at the pond water. If it’s been raining intensely it might be somewhat clouded. But it will clear readily. You’ll notice it’s quite significant, the clarity of the water, and it’s of the signatures that water quality’s improving.

We plant a diversity of plants; everything from meadow grasses and highland plants at the top through to marsh lands at the lower edge. And when you look at the Elevated Wetlands, you’ll see it in context, you’ll see it in the season that you’re there at. It has a lusciousness, and a, you might say for me, a kind of delicious appeal. The thing you might not note is that the site originally was considered a salt desert. And what has happened now is  in fact we have a quite a very beautiful area that you can engage in trooping through, more or less, with insects and we’ve had sightings of Blue Herons and deer and it has a delicious urban wildlife that is probably the most special repercussion. Look for snails on the containers, because they’re a signature of healthy water. Look for the diversity of frogs and other such, and remember it was a salt desert and we can do this in many other difficult places in our environment.

Have you heard Part 1 yet?

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