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The Deer Island waste treatment plant processes Boston's sewage and is the second largest sewage treatment plant in the country (Chicago's is larger). The plant is capable of handling more than a billion gallons of wastewater per day, ejecting treated effluent out...
The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant is said to be the largest sewage treatment plant in the world. It serves a 260-square mile area, with around 2.5 million people. Up to 1,440 million gallons of sewage per day can be treated in the 166 tanks at this 570-acre site,...
This is the larger of two sewage plants in Orange County operated by the Orange County sanitation District, which claims to be the third largest wastewater treatment system west of Mississippi. It is used by 2 million people. The other plant, called Plant 1, is...
Every community generates sewage that needs to be treated, and San Francisco Bay is ringed with dozens of sewage treatment plants, all of which discharge into the Bay. The largest of these is the San Jose Water Pollution Control Plant, which treats the effluent from...
The New River has been called the most polluted river in the country by a number of environmental organizations. It flows out of Mexicali, Mexico, laden with that city's sewage, then is charged with agricultural chemicals and wastes, as it becomes the primary drainage...
The Newby Landfill is one of the largest active dumps on the shores of the bay. It is the terminus for waste for all of San Jose, Milpitas and other cities. The 342 acre pile is still at least 30 feet from its permitted height of 120 feet, and has decades to go before...
The AES power plant is the only major power plant in Orange County, which otherwise gets its power from outside the county. It is located in a coastal industrial area in Huntington Beach, adjacent to the Ascon/NESI Superfund site, a gas and oil tank farm, and near a...
A zone along the US/Mexico Border between the Pacific Ocean and Interstate 5, with several remarkable land uses that combine to make one of the most unusual places in the country. Emerging from the Pacific Ocean, the border fence travels through bare, hilly terrain,...
The Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant is the last stop for the liquid wastes flowing out of the City of Los Angeles. From the 4 inch pipes that connect to the homes of the city, to the 30 foot diameter trunk lines that connect to the plant, the city's network of 6,...
When these gates on the Chicago River were opened ceremoniously in 1900, the course of the river reversed direction, in the culmination of an eight year engineering project. The river was reversed to move the sewage it contained, dumped into the river by the booming...
Between 1992 and 2001, as many as 45 train cars per day bought sewage sludge from New York City to this 129,000 acre West Texas property, where it is spread out on the ground like peanut butter. The waste site is a former resort called the Mile High Ranch, and is owned...
The West Point Treatment Plant is the largest water treatment plant in the Northwest, processing 125 million gallons of Seattle's sewage per day. Built in 1966 on the edge of Fort Lawton, the plant was upgraded during 1991 and 1996, at a cost of over $500 million....
The Fore River Shipyard, south of Boston, is a major shipyard that has been relatively inactive for the past couple of decades, but is one of the last remaining heavy industry sites in the State. During World War II it was one of several yards around Boston building...
Like the town itself, the port of Richmond is a product of World War II and oil. Though the principal channel (the Santa Fe channel) began to be dredged in the 1920's, it wasn't until Henry Kaiser built four shipyards at the port during the war that the infrastructure...