Explore how sewer networks collect and transport wastewater from homes, businesses, and industry to treatment facilities. This lesson introduces separate and combined sewer systems, gravity flows, and pumping stations.

It also explains how daily water use and rainfall affect wastewater flows, why regular inspection and maintenance matter, and how sewer overflows help protect infrastructure while posing risks to the environment.

Exercise Files
Module 2A Wastewater Infrastructure (pdf)
1.81 MB