Waste Water Treatment

Two things I learned from the from the trip to the water treatment plant was that it was designed to treat a daily flow of 1.1 million gallons of waste water and it was constructed in 1954. Before we went to the wastewater treatment plant I thought it would be boring and would smell really bad. I learned that it didn't smell as bad as I thought it would be, gravity is used to help them flow the water throughout the plant, and they use microorganisms to help clean the water of bacteria and wastes. My overall reaction on going to the wastewater treatment plant was that it was pretty interesting and it put it into perspective of how much water a day comes through the plant since no one really realizes where the water goes down the sink or toilet.