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Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station 2 (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Riverdale / Chicago, Illinois / West 127th Street
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Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station#2 - 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
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Coordinates:   41°39'46"N   87°37'26"W
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