Now that we've figured out the path that dirty water takes once it goes down the drain, this got us thinking locally about our own wastewater treatment facility.
Doing a little research, we discovered that our local wastewater treatment facility is called the Water Reclamation District. Using Google Maps, we discovered that there is one not far from us here at school just north of us!
We spent class trying to find out more about this w.w.t.f, knowing we think it's where our water is treated (how they do that, we have no clue...but we're thinking filtering is a part of it). From Google Maps we snapped some pretty great aerial shots:
Doing a little research, we discovered that our local wastewater treatment facility is called the Water Reclamation District. Using Google Maps, we discovered that there is one not far from us here at school just north of us!
We spent class trying to find out more about this w.w.t.f, knowing we think it's where our water is treated (how they do that, we have no clue...but we're thinking filtering is a part of it). From Google Maps we snapped some pretty great aerial shots:
There are certainly some big pipes we saw along with these structures that are both circular and rectangular in shape, ranging in color from bluish green to brownish black. We also see that there is a nearby body of water that we think is a river, since Lake Michigan is much farther away to the east.
One of our original investigation ideas was to go to a water cleaning place, so maybe we can make that happen to really see what's going on inside!
One of our original investigation ideas was to go to a water cleaning place, so maybe we can make that happen to really see what's going on inside!