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What’s this at Water Gardens? Not a fountain

Written October 20th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Someone asked about what she had come across at Talking Water Gardens, the constructed wetlands Albany built to help cool wastewater. Was it a fountain? I went to find it:


Dry and drier at Talking Water Gardens

Written June 8th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Albany’s Talking Water Gardens has been out of operation since last December, and this dry spring it really shows. The water level in the lower pond is way down, and the upper ponds are completely dry.


No more ‘talking’ at Water Gardens

Written December 7th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Talking Water Gardens once was hailed as an environmental success. But now, as a system to further treat already treated wastewater, it has been shut down.


 
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