A few weeks ago I uploaded a blog post about the aqua purification system that has been developed to catch storm water pollution from roads and act as a barrier to prevent toxic sediment and rubbish from spilling into clean waterways. You can read the post and see the images
What I didn't provide was the other side of the cleaning taking place and what it has created for the entire community. I still plan on flying my drone over head when I get a chance so everyone can get a better look at it. However, for the meantime I took these on the ground images so we can see what the cleaning process has created.
The above image is the inlet from the aqua purification damns which are regularly cleaning. The water flows into a giant lake as clean water, not clean enough to drink but clean enough to enjoy and sustain the wild life.
Adjacent are some small boat or rowing dispatching piers for locals to practise rowing or Kayaking, even wake boarding is permissible and at current the local government is investigating initiatives that will support locals utilise the lake more. Perhaps even skiing?
A kids play ground also surrounds the lake with open space for cricket, football or even just a picnic.
Larger recreational boats are permitted to launch from the lake with a concrete boat ramp supplied and a larger pair for docking and boarding. I would like to see a paddle steamer or sorts operating from this area as it would greatly increase community enjoyment especially in warmer months.
The cleaner water has seen a flurry of native wild life remain in the area where typically when developing areas it would cause a significant amount of habitat destruction and the deforestation of native plants. Habitat loss also contributes to dwindling native wild life populations. As humans I don't think we like to see this occur which is great to see shared spaces for both human enjoyment as well as native habitation.
The above image is an image I used on the previous post it describes what is occurring and I would highly recommend checking out the previous post as it's a really great initiative and I love the fact rubbish is captured and prevented from contaminating the local water ways.
Do you have anything like this in the cities you reside in?