It’s too late now, probably. Too late for what? For changing the name of Talking Water Gardens, the constructed wetlands that were supposed to cool and further treat the already treated wastewater coming out of the Albany-Millersburg sewage treatment plant.
The name was suggested, if memory serves, by Diane Taniguchi Dennis. She was the Albany public works director when the city decided to build this project, which was completed in 2012 at a cost of roughly $14 million.
As a nod to the traditions or customs of the Indians who once lived in the area, “talking water” was supposed to echo the sound of waterfalls, a prominent feature of the installation…