Wastewater Treatment Plant In 1883 when Appleton built its first sanitary and storm sewer system, residents were not concerned with environmental pollution. By 1937, however, the Fox River was badly polluted and the city installed a Sewerage Treatment Plant and Interceptor Sewer System. Wastewater would be treated before being discharged into the Fox River. Since the 1960s, public concern with unclean water has grown, federal regulations have been issued, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant has responded with new equipment and processes. Currently, five billion gallons of wastewater are transported from homes and industry to the facility each year through a network of 300 miles of sewer pipes. The plant’s processes separate solids from water. The two egg-shaped digesters help to stabilize sludge. One outcome of the process is treated water which is discharged into the Fox River. The second outcome is a material called biosolids which is provided to the agricultural community as fertilizer. The facility recycles over 20,000 tons of biosolids to farms each year.
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