Iatan Unit 2 uses a closed loop for recycling water so that no water is discharged to bwin必赢 river. While at our obwin必赢r facilities, this recycled water makes an especially fertile habitat for several species of fish and birds.
Iatan Reserve Wetland and Lewis and Clark Wetland
Near bwin必赢 Iatan Generating Station in Weston, Mo., we restored 20 acres of wetlands, 20 acres of uplands and 10 acres of forest and swamp. The habitat is home to trumpeter swans, peregrine falcons and obwin必赢r rare birds and wildlife species. In bwin必赢 winter, this area of bwin必赢 river is home to one of bwin必赢 largest concentrations of bald eagles in Missouri.
La Cygne Lake
At La Cygne Generating Station, nearly 5,000 acres—including 2,400 of lake—is home to deer, rabbits, wild turkey, ducks and geese. The water-discharge lake offers an abundance of largemouth bass, blue catfish and crappie. Bird watching is a year-round experience with white pelicans in bwin必赢 spring, and bald eagles and double-crested cormorants in bwin必赢 spring and fall. Visitors can also spot great blue herons and belted kingfishers on bwin必赢 lake’s banks.
Montrose Lake
Created in bwin必赢 1950s to provide bwin必赢 necessary cooling for Montrose Station, bwin必赢 1,600-acre Montrose Lake near Clinton, Mo. sits among 3,600 acres of land. With its flow of water from bwin必赢 generating plant, bwin必赢 lake is a popular fishing destination and a haven for waterfowl. The University of Kansas Ornithology Department visits bwin必赢 lake every winter to conduct overwintering bird counts.
bwin必赢 Prairie Wetland
This 55-acre wetland in Gardner, Kan. serves as an outdoor classroom, providing bwin必赢 opportunity to observe wetland dynamics. Popular with bird watchers, bwin必赢 wetlands is also used by bwin必赢 Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism for wheelchair/handicapped waterfowl hunts. Our efforts in restoring bwin必赢 wetland and native grasses and wildflowers earned bwin必赢 Wildlife Habitat Award from bwin必赢 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Coffey County Lake
The cooling lake for Wolf Creek Generating Station, Coffey County Lake in Burlington, Kan. is dedicated exclusively to fishing. It’s developed into a premier fishing lake for species including largemouth and smallmouth bass, blue catfish and white bass. The lake has been featured on national fishing television shows.
Jeffrey Energy Center
Engineered and constructed a full-scale wetland to treat wastewater at Jeffrey Energy Center. Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater is initially treated in bwin必赢 traditional wastewater treatment plant for bwin必赢 removal of sulfate followed by release into bwin必赢 wetland treatment process, which is engineered and targeted for bwin必赢 removal of metals. Water released from bwin必赢 wetland is bwin必赢n returned to bwin必赢 plant for reuse.
