Palo Alto built San Francisco Bay’s first horizontal levee to reuse treated wastewater; the 500-foot living slope restores marsh habitat and tests defenses against sea-level rise
- Palo Alto’s 500-foot living levee reuses treated wastewater to restore marsh habitat and fight seas (Image Credit: City of Palo Alto)A shoreline defence can be more than a wall.
- In Palo Alto, California, engineers have built a broad, gently sloping landscape designed to protect the coast while functioning like a living ecosystem.
- The project sits along Harbor Marsh in the Palo Alto Baylands and combines native vegetation, treated wastewater and a nature-based approach to sea-level rise.
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- Palo Alto’s 500-foot living levee reuses treated wastewater to restore marsh habitat and fight seas (Image Credit: City of Palo Alto)A shoreline defence can be more than a wall.
- In Palo Alto, California, engineers have built a broad, gently sloping landscape designed to protect the coast while functioning like a living ecosystem.
- The project sits along Harbor Marsh in the Palo Alto Baylands and combines native vegetation, treated wastewater and a nature-based approach to sea-level rise.
Sources: Times of India