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THE SANTE.E COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION PLANT.
At right, Superintendent Mortin Poe inspects row sewoge
os it enters plont. The woste water then begins o rigorous
course of primory ond secondory treotment beginning
with sedimentotion, then oerotion, oxidotion, filtrotion
ond deminerolizotion. After the woste water flows into
oerotion bosins (obove) for oxidotion of orgonic material,
the water then goes through o secondory sedimentotion
process for further removol of solids. Cleon water (bot–
tom, opposite poge) is reclo imed from woste water by od–
vonced tertiory treotment. This process removes hord-to–
get solts, minerols ond even viruses. Sorne two million
gollons of woste water ore processed doily ond rendered
sofe, even for bodily contoct.