The Trip
Yesterday the class and I all went to the Wastewater treatment plant out in Clive.
It was awesome to see the class so engaged in what was going on.
The children got to have a bit of a look around at some of the different parts of the wastewater station and they took a tonne of photos.
Here are some pictures of what we saw.
These were an example of the pipes that pumped the waste water out to sea after it had been treated.
Microscope
Bob, our guide around the facility showed us and example of the bacteria and other tiny creatures that they use to treat the waste. I think the children were most impressed with the bristle worms.
The Waste
There were Plastic pipes at several places. This showed the Wastewater after it had been treated through various different means.
It actually ended up looking quite clean by the end of it as you can see on the left hand side of the second photo
The end
After the wastewater had passed through the large tanks that dripped the water through bacteria and worm encrusted plastic flower-shaped objects, it was ready to go out to sea. According to custom it passes through the rock river so that the water can be returned to the earth before being pumped out to the outfall 2.75km out to sea (The fish love it).
Now as a class we have a lot of follow up work to start on. So we had better get to it!!
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