Others Follow Lead Many communities are following Arcata's lead. Arcata is located near Redwood National Park. More than 150 treatment wetlands smatter the Dutch countryside. A graduate student from Arcata-based Humboldt State University recently helped build a treatment marsh in Laos. A White House scientific panel is currently mulling policy initiatives to ease regulatory hurdles.
Nobody can stop it now.
The state of California tried to stop it. Swayed by such evidence as a video of a peregrine falcon swooping down to make a kill in one of the city's treatment-plant oxidation ponds, state officials eventually gave their blessing to the project. Arcata initially treats its sewage varies much like most other U.S. communities. Only One Arcata Wetlands are not a sewage-treatment solution for every community. The most significant challenge for many cities is finding enough land to handle their wastewater output.