Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant Explained

The Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant, also called the Southeast Treatment Plant, is a wastewater treatment plant operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, in San Francisco, California, United States. It is located in the southeastern portion of the city in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood.

Southeast is the city's primary treatment plant handling about 80% of the city's wastewater from the eastern two-thirds of the city's residents. The maximum treatment plant capacity is 250e6USgal per day, with the average daily dry weather flow of 60e6USgal.[1] The facility discharges treated water about into San Francisco Bay.[2] Constructed in 1952, the 40acres facility is planned to be updated with new digesters by the mid-2020s.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: US EPA. OW. 2020-01-31. San Francisco Southeast Treatment Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities. 2021-09-15. www.epa.gov. en.
  2. Web site: San Francisco’s Wastewater Treatment Facilities . San Francisco Public Utilities Commission . 2017-07-06.
  3. Web site: Oh Sh*t . SocketSite . May 3, 2017 . 2017-07-06.