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The largest wastewater treatment plants can be defined in several ways. The largest in term of capacity, both during dry and wet-weathers, is the Jean-R.-Marcotte Wastewater Treatment Plant in Montreal. With full secondary treatment of effluents it would be the Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant of Boston.
Sewage treatment plants in Washington (state) (5 P) Pages in category "Sewage treatment plants in the United States" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The term sewage treatment plant (STP) (or sewage treatment works) is nowadays often replaced with the term wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). [7] [8] Strictly speaking, the latter is a broader term that can also refer to industrial wastewater treatment. The terms water recycling center or water reclamation plants are also in use as synonyms.
A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) is a term used in the United States for a sewage treatment plant owned, and usually operated, by a government agency. In the U.S., POTWs are typically owned by local government agencies, and are usually designed to treat domestic sewage and not industrial wastewater.
[3]: 48–50 The first wastewater treatment plants were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and typically didn't fully treat the waste. [ 21 ] The extensive construction of new and upgraded sewage treatment systems following the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act has greatly reduced the impacts of municipal ...
By 1948, the state declared San Jose to be in violation of state water pollution regulations, risking a moratorium on building permits. [4] In 1950, San Jose voters finally passed bonds to construct a new wastewater treatment facility. [4] In 1954, the city purchased land near Alviso for a wastewater treatment plant. The plant began operations ...