Upon researching, I found that Stockton only had one sewage facility known as Regional Wastewater Control Facility. This facility is a 55 Million Gallon per day (MGD) tertiary treatment facility. The facility serves the City of Stockton and outlying County areas and processes an average of 33 MGD. Once wastewater arrives at the facility, it then gets treated. After treatment, under the restrictions and requirements of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, the water is then discharged into the San Joaquin River. This facility works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week making sure that everything flows properly. Regional Wastewater Control Facility prioritizes ensuring that the water that gets discharged into the San Joaquin River is the highest water quality standards to protect our environment. I enjoyed learning about this sewage facility and the process our water goes through before entering the San Joaquin River.
Found this interesting environmental health news article on cigarette butts in the ocean and how they not only harm the ocean, but also the marine life and us! These cigarette butts have filters made of cellulose acetate and "take a decade or longer to break down under ultraviolet light, which in turn disperses the toxic plastic into smaller bits." Makes me want to go to the ocean and clean up all the cigarette butts I see! News article: Cigarette butts are the biggest source of ocean garbage
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