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Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station 4 (Worth, Illinois) | park, waterfall, wastewater treatment plant

USA / Illinois / Palos Heights / Worth, Illinois / South Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43), 11700
 park, waterfall, wastewater treatment plant
Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station #4 - Designed to oxygenate surface waters where oxygen depletion occurs due to the abundant biosolids. Water from the channel is lifted 12 to 15 feet and allowed to drop over a series of weirs to create a waterfall and add oxygen to the waterway. Constructed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in the 1990s.
www.mwrd.org/irj/portal/anonymous/sepa
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Water_Reclamation_District_of_Greater_Chicago
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Coordinates:   41°40'41"N   87°47'39"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago