A sewage plant is a facility where wastewater from homes and businesses is treated to remove pollutants before it is released back into the environment. Full definition
Among Cuomo's other environmental protection proposals are a new sewage plant in Niagara Falls after discharges last summer turned the Niagara River black before the eyes of tourists and continued funding for the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act. (chicagotribune.com)
First came the revival of the river's waters, through the activism of groups like the sloop club (which takes people on free sails on the sloop Woody Guthrie on summer evenings), Clearwater, Scenic Hudson and many others, but also through ambitious programs to build sewage plants and tighten pollution laws. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
A small number of sewage plants are removing phosphorous and nitrogen, which can be sold as fertilizer. (sciencemag.org)