OregonE AGAIN!!

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Wastewater Treatment Center with “Talking Water Gardens” ($8 million)
Oregon will use $8 million in stimulus loans for a wastewater treatment project featuring a tourist-friendly ―Talking Water Gardens.‖280 According to news reports, the spectacle would ―funnel effluent from the city‘s wastewater treatment plant into wetlands…where it would be naturally cleansed and cooled down‖ before flowing into the Willamette River.281 In order to spend the money as fast as possible, the city of Albany will issue a non-competitive contract for work on the project.282 According to the city‘s planning document, ―the waterfall component is expected to have an important acoustical impact that is the driver for the name ‗Talking Water Gardens.‘‖283 Local residents will also be facing an increase in sewer rates to pay for the new water treatment system.