Contra costa Times: What are now seedlings will play a key role in an experiment that could be an environmental triple win -- improving water quality and protecting against sea level rise while providing wildlife habitat.
An army of volunteers will plant more than 70,000 native plants next fall on a first-of-its-kind ecotone levee and wetland basin. The levee and basin will be built on a vacant field near the Oro Loma Sanitary District wastewater treatment plant.
Treated wastewater will flow into the basin and...