Question about wastewater?
Can someone help me get a better understanding of where wastewater comes from, how it is treated, and where it is released after treatment is complete.
4 Responses
DrHenry
09 Mar 2010
lisa l
09 Mar 2010
in a wastewater place
chris f
09 Mar 2010
wastewater is produced from us people…what ever goes down your drains or toilets goes into the sewer system. The wastewater is transported to wastewater treatment facilities where it is filtered, and treated with chemical like chlorine to make it safe. It is then pumped through more pipes into the ocean, or into rivers and streams. And most most sidewalk gutters/ storm drain systems don’t go through treatment…so anything that is dumped there ends up in our water systems… as is.
The references given contain different levels of information and pictures of the equipment.
Simply put, municipal wastewater effluents are the liquid wastes that come out of a community’s sewer system and municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWTPs). These wastes are of two types: sanitary sewage, which comes from homes, businesses, institutions, and industries, and stormwater, which comes from rain or melting snow that drains off rooftops, lawns, roads, and other urban surfaces. Sanitary sewage usually receives some level of treatment before being discharged into a receiving body of water. Stormwater, on the other hand, is usually discharged without treatment, although stormwater treatment capabilities have improved in many communities over the past decade.