Now that we agree what it means for a substance to dissolve, we returned to the wastewater treatment facility to realize we really didn't know how they could get out all the dissolved solids (and harmful bacteria from waste)! So as we revisited our investigation ideas, we realized that our local wastewater treatment facility has made a virtual tour due to it being closed for tours due to the pandemic! So we got a glimpse to go inside ours!
Terrence J. O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant video tour
The Terrence J. O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) is one of seven wastewater treatment facilities owned and operated by the MWRD. The MWRD is the wastewa...
After discussing what went on there, we realized we didn't understand a lot of the process, and did some more research and breaking down of some words that stumped us!
From here, we revisited our consensus model only to realize we absolutely knew how they treated the wastewater, but we had no clue what they did with it! So we turned to Google Maps to help us locate the nearest waterways to the three wastewater treatment facilities here in Chicago!
We narrowed it down that each facility dumps the treated water into a river. We've got some questions about this as:
1. Why would they work so hard to treat the water if it's still not safe to drink?
2. Why do they dump it into a river? Rivers are not safe to drink!
3. Is there another place that cleans the water we drink?
4. Where does the river lead to? Does it go to the place we get our drinking water from?
SO MANY QUESTIONS!
1. Why would they work so hard to treat the water if it's still not safe to drink?
2. Why do they dump it into a river? Rivers are not safe to drink!
3. Is there another place that cleans the water we drink?
4. Where does the river lead to? Does it go to the place we get our drinking water from?
SO MANY QUESTIONS!