| Like water systems, disruption of wastewater treatment operations can also have severe public health and environmental impacts.
Wastewater enters the sewer system from homes, businesses, schools and other buildings, and travels through miles of pipes to a treatment facility.
The wastewater is then processed through multiple treatment phases—physical, biological and chemical—before being discharged, often into a nearby river, stream or other waterbody.
Additionally, wastewater treatment systems may manage stormwater, which captures and removes pollution and contaminants from surface water runoff before it can reach a waterway such as a river, lake or ocean. |
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