Everett Water Pollution Control Facility

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The Water Pollution Control Facility in Everett, Washington is the wastewater treatment plant for Everett and surrounding area. It discharges treated water into the Snohomish River. The facility is adjacent to Spencer Island Regional Park, on Spencer Island in Snohomish River, noted for birdwatching. [1] [2] An extensive lagoon system and mechanical treatment plant expanded in 2005–2007 can treat a combined 36,000,000 US gallons (140,000,000 l; 30,000,000 imp gal) of wastewater daily. [3]

Everett, Washington City in Washington, United States

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References

  1. ↑ Ron Ramey (May 14, 2011), "Birders paradise", Everett Herald, retrieved March 4, 2018
  2. ↑ Jessi Loerch (October 20, 2015), "Why the Everett wastewater treatment plant is totally worth a visit", Everett Herald, retrieved March 4, 2018
  3. ↑ Christopher Schwarzen (July 18, 2007), "Treatment plant gets $35 million expansion", The Seattle Times, retrieved March 4, 2018

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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.

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