As some of my readers may know, I am currently studying to become a civil engineer. With this education one aspect of study is water resources and in that field there is a class called water wastewater treatment design. I have taken this class, and with this, there will be no attached sources, it is my education at work.
Every city has a place that they discharge their wastewater, usually in the nearest river. Spokane discharges into the Spokane River, Pullman into the Palouse River, Longview discharges into the Cowlitz River and the Columbia River, which then flows into the Columbia river, etc. Needless to say there are a number of cities throughout this state that discharge their wastewater into what eventually comes the Columbia River. Some people may see this as a problem, the only problem that arises from this is the Chlorine.
Water discharged from a wastewater treatment facility is generally able to be drank from on the spot. This blog is not about the pollution being discharged, it is putting a stop to some of the myths that the wastewater treatment facilities are adding to the pollution in the river.
