What happens to the wastewater after we flush our toilets at SUNY New Paltz Campus?
10/28/2009
After learning about wastewater treatment in class, students in the Environmental Geochemical Science class took a field trip to the New Paltz wastewater treatment facility to see these processes in action.
The tour guide explains how the large settling basins allow settleable solids to sink to the bottom as sludge while passing the water through to the next step in treatment. (John Rayburn, John Guiliano, Ashley Peters)
A view of the rotating biological filters - huge cylinders packed with bacteria that consume undesirable organic materials in the water. (Moto Imai, Ashley Peters)
EGS majors survey a disinfection basin in which the water is treated with chlorine to kill harmful bacteria. (Andrea Scaarda, John Guiliano)