El Estero Wastewater Treatment Center

We have learned that everything flow to the ocean; creek water, street run-off, storm drains, and yes, even what goes down the toilet! It's quite a process, and this too affects the health of the ocean if not taken care of properly. Fond memories include the "muffin grinder" and the odor.

We went to the wastewater treatment center.  All of the water that goes there comes from your shower, sinks, toilet, etc.  The first place you go to is called the muffin grinder.  It filters out the larger junk and goes to the landfill.  It smelled awful.  From there, the water all goes to a settling tank and from there it goes to a tank that skims off the top foam.  Then it goes to the tank that was full of oxygen and there was so much oxygen in it, you would probably die because it was like falling into fog but you couldn’t breathe so you would die.  From there the water goes somewhere with black goo.  Then they put chemicals into the water to take out the bad chemicals and they send that water to the ocean. — Sarah Jane