Waste Water Secrets What Happens After You Flush The Toilet

Waste Water Secrets: What Happens After You Flush
The Toilet?

The second we flush, it is all over for most of us. But for others,
the process of treating wastewater has just begun. If you ever
wondered where it goes, or more important where it ends up,
we will attempt to answer that question by taking you through
the entire process.

It’s Part of Every Home and Office:
Every home and business has water and generates wastewater.
Once wastewater is flushed, it travels down a lateral into a main
pipe that is propelled by the power of gravity. The water then
eventually travels to the wastewater treatment plant. The
wastewater travels through miles of pipes before eventually
arriving at the plant.

It’s Part of Every Home and Office:
A wastewater plant can treat wastewater from residential and
commercial buildings. The plant is designed to clean the sewage
water, which once cleaned, is discharged to a nearby river.
Before the water can be discharged to a nearby river, it has been
processed in such a way, that it comes very close to tap water.

Testing Water for Pathogens:
All water, be it coming into the plant of being discharged from
the plant, will undergo testing for pathogens. This is to assess the
quality of the water, and whether there is something to be
concerned about.

Pumping Out Waste Water:
Sometimes, gravity can’t do its job on delivering the wastewater.
In that case, the wastewater must be pumped out using
powerful pumps that suck out the water from the underground
reservoir. Often, this process is carried out in designated lift
stations where the water pumping process takes place. Once the
lift station can lift the water, it then pumps it back into the pipes
to let once again gravity take over in delivering the wastewater
to its destination.

The Treatment Process:
As wastewater enter the treatment plant, it first is filtered
through a bar screen which is designed to remove solids. In fact,
you can find a variety of things that can come through
wastewater including, but not limited to diapers, underwear,
bricks, toys and even false teeth. The bar screen is cleaned
through a mechanical rake system, this system helps separate
the trash away from the wastewater. This non-organic matter is
then separated and hauled out to the landfill for disposal. More
advanced wastewater treatment facilities can shred the nonorganic
materials into a fine powder which can then be easily
hauled to the landfill.

Grease Ball Formation:
Once the wastewater passes through the bar screen, it makes it
way to the wet well, where grease is collected, grease balls will
naturally form where lots of grease meets each other. When
grease is dumped down the toilet, it forms a ball with any solid
waste item. A good example that comes to mind is the grease
forming around a cigarette bud or a dish rag. Accordingly, these
grease balls must be collected by staff every week or so.

Time to Appreciate Your Toilet:
Now that you know how your toilet works, you’ll begin to
wonder how does the Pennsylvania Industrial Water Treatment
works, certainly it is far more complex than regular wastewater
treatment.

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works. So, visit our website or give us call.
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