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Environment
fromABC7 San Francisco
13 hours ago

'Living' levee in Palo Alto Baylands aims to solve multiple problems with one-of-a-kind solution

A 315-foot horizontal living levee in Palo Alto uses treated wastewater and native plantings to protect habitat and infrastructure from sea-level rise.
fromThe Mercury News
2 days ago

Volunteers plant Bay Area's first 'living levee' using treated wastewater

Volunteers were out bright and early Wednesday morning along the Harbor Marsh coastline in the Palo Alto Baylands, joining an effort to build a nature-based buffer designed to absorb storm surges and curb flooding amid climate change and sea-level rise that threaten shoreline communities. They were helping build what project developers described as the Bay Area's first horizontal "living levee" directly connected to the Bay and irrigated with treated wastewater.
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