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Clay Hill 
Constructed Wetland Wastewater Facility

Water is 

a renewable resource

Why Round River?     Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) was an Associate Director of the Forest Resources Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin.  He founded the science of Game Management and served as a consulting forester.  But he is probably best known as a naturalist and conservationist through his writings.  His major contribution, A Sand County Almanac, was published a year after his death.  One essay in this book was titled "The Round River".  Below is an except from this essay.

"One of the marvels of early Wisconsin was the Round River, a river that flowed into itself, and thus sped around and around in a never-ending circuit.  Paul Bunyan discovered it, and the Bunyan saga tells how he floated many a log down its restless waters."  

Clay Hill's constructed wetland is a "round river".   Its headwaters are in the Joan White Howell Environmental Education Center and pavilion, its main stem is the wetland cells and its mouth is a 250 aquarium in the center.  Our "wastewater" is cleaned by plants and microorganisms that reside in the wetland cells.

You can read more by following the links below. You may purchase a copy of the book A Sand County Almanac  by clicking on the title.  

Aldo Leopold Nature Center                The Leopold Education Center            

About Aldo Leopold

Published 26 August 2005                                            Last modified  11 February 2007                                               © Clay Hill Memorial Forest 2005