Bufferlands

It's important for wastewater treatment plants to be good neighbors to local communities. In the 1970s, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) planned a large undeveloped buffer area between its Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and surrounding neighborhoods in southern Sacramento County. That farsighted decision led to conservation of increasingly scarce wetlands, grasslands and riparian forest habitats on SRCSDs 2,650 acres of Bufferlands.

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