Sweetwater Wetlands, Arizona

The Sweetwater Wetlands is a wildlife habitat, public park, water treatment facility, and one of the most important components of the City’s reclaimed water system. Built in 1996 to handle backwash filter water from the reclaimed water plant, this mature wetlands now uses reclaimed water exclusively in basins that are hugged by more than 2.5 miles of shady pathways.

Resources

2023-04-02 Sweetwater Wetlands

 

Ruddy Duck

Song Sparrow

 

Desert Cottontail

Gambel's Quail

Phainopepla

Northern Shoveler

Verdin

Red-winged Blackbird

Yellow Warbler

Savannah Sparrow

Yellow-rumped Warbler