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Flush! Where does our poo and pee go?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

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Water Treatment Plant - What's Going to Happen to Me?

The wastewater treatment plant will filter and clean all my little bits out of the water. After that, what's going to happen to me? You're going to get a second like an afterlife almost. Once you're broken down and you become what's called a biosolid, you can then be used for another purpose. So sometimes they'll take this biosolid and put it on farming land. Or you might be used to cover up landfills, to minimize odor. You might be burned and made into energy.

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