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Matt Jones of the Clifton (Colorado) Sanitation District explains the secondary treatment process to a school group during a tour of the Clifton wastewater treatment plant.
In the early 1990s, two different districts managed wastewater in Clifton, Colorado, between them operating more than 20 miles of old clay and concrete sewer pipe, several lift stations and three separate lagoon systems discharging to the Colorado River.
Today, the districts have...