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ORLANDO WETLANDS PARKSave the Date: Come and enjoy the
10th Annual Orlando Wetlands Festival
Operation In the mid 1980’s the City of Orlando’s Iron Bridge Regional
Wastewater Treatment Plant needed more effluent capacity than what
was allowed in the Little Econlockhatchee River. In 1986 the City of
Orlando purchased 1,650 acres for $5,128,000. In July of 1987 the
1,220 acres wetland treatment system was completed and reclaimed
water from Iron Bridge Plant began to flow. The system was designed
to polish up to 35 million gallons a day of reclaimed wastewater.
The water is conveyed through a four-foot diameter pipeline
approximately 17 miles.
Seventeen cells and three different communities were designed to remove excess nutrients from the water. Over 2 million aquatic plants and 200,000 trees were planted to create deep marsh, mixed marsh and hardwood swamp habitats. The water flows into the influent structure and is then divided into three flow pathways. The water first flows into the deep marsh. The deep marsh cells are primarily monocultures of cattails or giant bulrush. From there, the water flows into the mixed marsh. History: |
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The Orlando Wetlands Park is great to place to come out, relax
and enjoy nature. The most popular activities are bird-watching,
nature photography, jogging and bicycling. Nature enthusiasts will
be greeted by 1,650 acres of hardwood hammocks, marshes and lakes.
There are over 20 miles of roads and woodland trails crisscrossing
the Park. 
