Wastewater
treatment is a process to convert wastewater,
which is water no longer needed or suitable for use in its most current state,
into clean water for such things as drinking, cooking, and washing.
When this type of water is disposed of
down a drain or flushed down a toilet, it either goes into a septic system or
into a municipal sewer system where they pass through a wastewater treatment
facility.
“If you have a septic system,
wastewater from your house goes into a tank buried underground. The solids
settle out and partially decompose. The remaining wastewater then goes into a
drain field where the natural processes ongoing in the soil help to further
break down the wastewater. Toxic materials in that wastewater can kill the
helpful bacteria and the system will not operate properly.
