Some of Washington’s most stunning destinations can be found at the junction of human ingenuity and natural wonder. The Grand Coulee Dam, one large-scale example, welcomes more than 250,000 visitors every year from all around the world. Locally, Thurston County has its own can’t-miss sites where engineering and nature meet. The Hawks Prairie Ponds and Recharge Basins are a 40-acre site illustrating the final step of water reclamation, thanks to the LOTT Clean Water Alliance .
This free, educational, park-like setting is a birder’s paradise and open to the public year-round.
The Hawks Prairie Ponds and Recharge Basins may look like an idyllic park, but underneath the surface they’re hard at work reintroducing reclaimed water back into the environment. Photo courtesy: LOTT Clean Water Alliance/WET Science Center
Hawks Prairie Ponds is a Nature-Lovers Paradise That’s Also Hard at Work
At first glance, the Hawks Prairie Ponds look like any Northwest neighborhood park. Central to its beauty are twinkling ponds surrounded by evergreens and educational kiosks. But out of site, it’s reintroducing freshly cleaned water back into the environment.
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