Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is a major sewage treatment facility in Boston Harbor that serves the Greater Boston area and plays a key role in improving the region’s water quality.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf infrastructure facility
sewage treatment plant
wastewater treatment plant
connectsWith Massachusetts Bay Outfall Tunnel
coordinates 42.339°N 70.958°W
country United States
dischargesTo Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED
environmentalImpact improvement of Boston Harbor water quality
reduction of combined sewer overflows
reduction of sewage pollution in Boston Harbor
hasHeritage key component of Boston Harbor cleanup
hasPart dewatering facilities
digesters
effluent outfall system
odor control systems
primary treatment facilities
pumping stations
secondary treatment facilities
sludge processing facilities
treatment tanks
inception 1990s
industry wastewater management
locatedIn Boston
Boston Harbor
Deer Island
Massachusetts
United States
locatedInMetropolitanArea Greater Boston
locatedNear Boston, Massachusetts
Hull, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Winthrop, Massachusetts
locatedOnBodyOfWater Boston Harbor
operator Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
ownedBy Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
partOf Boston Harbor Project
purpose municipal wastewater treatment
sewage treatment
water quality improvement
replaced old Boston sewage treatment system
serves Greater Boston
significantEvent completion of major construction phases in the 1990s
start of secondary treatment operations
usesProcess disinfection
primary treatment
secondary treatment
sludge dewatering
sludge digestion

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
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