sewage treatment plants
Municipal waste facilities
Sewage treatment plants are facilities that process wastewater from homes, businesses, and industry, removing contaminants before releasing the water back into the environment.
The process typically involves physical filtering, biological breakdown of organic matter, and chemical treatment.
Also called wastewater treatment plants: The city upgraded its sewage treatment plant to handle population growth.
- sewer linesUnderground waste transport pipes
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- Clean Water ActUS water pollution statute
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
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sewage treatment plantspollution sources
Origins of environmental contamination
landfills · factories · slaughterhouses · feedlots · oil refineries
sewage treatment plantsopen sewers
Uncovered channels for wastewater
toxic runoff · agricultural runoff · cesspools · oil spills · algal blooms
sewage treatment plantsstorm drains
Underground channels for runoff
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