All these videos of cameras down the drain and all these pictures of pipes led us to some new discoveries! We figured out a whole lot more from what students requested and we decided to update our consensus model now that we had more information! Here are some big ideas we took away from our investigations:
1. All pipes in houses and businesses connect. That means sinks, toilets, tubs, showers, etc are connected! The dirty water that goes down the drains of all these things leads to either a sewer or a septic (we're not sure what this is exactly since we don't seem to have these here in Chicago).
2. The water in the sewer must be NASTY! If all these pipes are connected, along with all the pipes from all the houses and businesses in the city, that means the dirty water gets really, really gross.
3. We also figured out that drains outside houses and businesses, along with drains in the streets, also connect to the sewers. Yikes! Even more gross stuff from yards and roads enters the sewers.
4. We figured out that the sewer does connect to this place called a wastewater treatment facility. We're thinking that the water is treated, or cleaned there.
All these investigations is leading us to focus on three areas of concern for us:
Goodness gracious, we've got more figuring out to do!!!
1. All pipes in houses and businesses connect. That means sinks, toilets, tubs, showers, etc are connected! The dirty water that goes down the drains of all these things leads to either a sewer or a septic (we're not sure what this is exactly since we don't seem to have these here in Chicago).
2. The water in the sewer must be NASTY! If all these pipes are connected, along with all the pipes from all the houses and businesses in the city, that means the dirty water gets really, really gross.
3. We also figured out that drains outside houses and businesses, along with drains in the streets, also connect to the sewers. Yikes! Even more gross stuff from yards and roads enters the sewers.
4. We figured out that the sewer does connect to this place called a wastewater treatment facility. We're thinking that the water is treated, or cleaned there.
All these investigations is leading us to focus on three areas of concern for us:
- What happens to water that doesn't go to the w.w.t.f.? It seems like the sewer continues on...
- How do they actually clean the water at the treatment facility? Like how do they get out all the stuff that ends up in the water, even things like chemicals?
- What happens to the water that's treated? Where does it go?
Goodness gracious, we've got more figuring out to do!!!