 When you flush at the Fairfax Campus... here's where it goes |
 microbes digesting human waste |
 the final step - incinerating the sludge |
 How do we treat waste from portajohns at construction sites? |
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When you flush at the Fairfax Campus... here's where it goes |
microbes digesting human waste |
the final step - incinerating the sludge |
How do we treat waste from portajohns at construction sites? |
- when was this facility built? before it was built… how was wastewater treated?
- why is this facility being expanded? what is the capacity limit?
- what is removed from the wastewater during treatment? what bacteria/nutrients/chemicals are not removed, and remain in the treated water that is exported from the plant?
- into what stream is the wastewater dumped?
- how does the quality of the wastewater leaving the plant differ from the normal flow in the stream? how much residual chlorine can be measured in the final product dumped into the creek?
- why would the Norman Cole Wastewater Treatment Plant plan to transport treated wastewater to the Alexandria waste-to-energy facility? what are the cost-effective ways to transport it there? where else could the water be transported, other than Alexandria?
- from how far away does sewage come to this plant? does GMU - Fairfax Campus send wastewater to this plant? does Hemlock Overlook?
- does water that falls on the roof of the Johnson Center flow to this plant?
- does the sewage that goes to this plant flow downhill the entire trip?
- are sewage pipes filled completely to the top during normal flow?
- what are the peak times for sewage production?
- how much time does it take for sewage to flow from a Fairfax home to this plant?
- how long does sewage spend in the plant before it is "clean"?
- what are the three primary stages through which sewage is processed? how does each stage create "cleaner" sewage?
- what's left, after the sludge is incinerated?