Wastewater Treatment System

The Wastewater Treatment System has three major parts: collection, treatment, and return to the environment.

The Collection System uses water to transport wastes to the treatment system. This is accomplished through a complex network of pipes, tunnels and pumping stations.

Once at the Wastewater Treatment Facility, wastewater flows through a series of processes that gradually remove the solids and renders it suitable for return to the environment.

Treated wastewater or “effluent” is returned to the environment, usually a water body at the desired level of treatment while solids extracted from the various processes can receive further treatment or stabilization before being recycled back to the earth.