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Wastewater is the water that has already been used at your house and travels from your sewer system to the treatment plant. Your home or business’ wastewater travels through a different system from stormwater. Unlike stormwater, wastewater is treated. Once wastewater leaves your home or business, it travels to Dallas’ wastewater treatment plants-Southside or Central. The water is then cleaned and returned to the Trinity River, where it flows downstream and is used by other cities. You may be surprised to learn that the treated wastewater we return to the river is much cleaner than the water we take out of the river upstream to purify for drinking water.
Unfortunately, in recent years Dallas has experienced an increase in sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). An SSO is defined as the discharge of sewage from the wastewater collection system before reaching the treatment plant. SSOs present a concern to both human health and the environment. A big part of the problem is kitchen grease. Dallas residents who are unfamiliar with the effects of grease on the collection system pour grease and cooking oil down their drains, which can result in blockages in city sanitary sewer lines and homeowner pipes, property damage, foul odors and road closures due to pipe repairs. To find out more about this problem, what you can do to properly dispose of your household grease, and how grease can be recycled into biodiesel fuel, check out the “Cease the Grease” program information and the video below.
Did you know that an electricity co-generation facility is being built at the Southside Wasterwater Treatment plant? Click here to learn more.
