How is New York City’s sewage and garbage treated You ever wonder where the stuff you flush down the toilet goes? Or where the water goes after you brush your teeth? Or what’s under those manholes that has sewage written on it? What happens when you throw wasted in the garbage? You probably don’t but all of the content that is discarded throughout the day gets sent to a sewage plant through …showed first 75 words of 1060 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1060 total…The water flows in the tank where the chemical chlorine is added to kill bacteria. The chlorine is mostly eliminated as the bacteria are destroyed, but sometimes a neutralizing chemical must be added. This protests fish and wildlife which could be killed with a same amount of chlorine. The treated water is called effuent. This is discharged to a local river or the ocean. Like the Hudson, Harlem river an! d East river ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**