Beijing’s Green Lungs and Kidneys:
The Olympic Forest Park
Veronica Lim has a good summary on the Olympic Forest Park wetland. I have seen very few images or articiles in english that promote what is a very noteworthy project. This project is also intended to have ongoing research of the ecological systems that were part of the Beijing Olympic site. The park includes “4.15 hectares of wetlands prevent eutrophication of the park’s water bodies”
Article extract:
“The Olympic Forest Park is designed to use reclaimed water from Qinghe Wastewater Treatment Plant. The effluent from Qinghe Secondary WWTP which is rated as Category V by national standards, has high levels of the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorous and could therefore lead to the eutrophication of the proposed 20.3-hectare lake”