Wet & Wonderful Water
Join us for this free event full of activities and tours day at
Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon
to celebrate the importance of water in our lives.
at
Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Time:
11:00am to 5:00pm
Place: 1999
Walnut Ave, Behind Fremont BART Station
Free tours of the Tule Ponds at 11:30am, 1pm, & 3pm
Event Funding
provided by Alameda County Flood Control and Water
Conservation District
email Laurey Hemenway with any questions:
laurey@msnucleus.org
Ongoing activities include:
Bubblemania
Stormwater filtration demonstration
Watershed wildflowers (plant your own)
Make your own H2O
molecule
Readings of
Wetland In The City
In 1998,
Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation
District developed a wetlands based storm water treatment system
at Tyson Lagoon, a 14-acre site in Fremont. Tule Ponds are
three ponds connected by a channel and designed to filter water
as it flows from the urban watershed and drains into the ponds
and into Tyson Lagoon.
As a
result, this site is unique in having both a natural and
constructed wetland combined into a single ecosystem. The
site serves as a wildlife sanctuary to the many animals and
plants that reside in this area.