Sewage Treatment Facilities in San Francisco
There are 3 sewage treatment facilities in San Francisco, which includes southeast treatment plant, Oceanside treatment plant and north point wet weather facility. Southeast treatment plant, Oceanside treatment plant operate 24 hours every, while the north point wet weather facility only work on rainstorm season. Southeast treatment plant is the largest wastewater facility, located at Bayview Hunter Point, and treats almost 80% of city’s flow. It treats about 57 million gallons of wastewater per day, and it could handle up to 250 million gallons of wastewater during rainstorm season. In addition, the water treatment plant takes care of sludge and transforms it into bio-solids. Every year, the sewage treatment facilities produce 80000 wet tons of bio-solids, which can apply as fertilizer to improve and maintain productive soils and stimulate plant growth.
I also live in San Francisco and I had no idea that there were 3 treatment facilities until I did this assignment. I drive by the Oceanside facility almost every day, but I had no idea what it was until recently. I'm surprised that the Southeast treatment plant filters the most sewage. It makes sense though because of the location, and how population dense the surrounding areas are.
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