How NYC’s Sewage System Treats 1.3 Billion Gallons Of Wastewater - NYC Revealed

[@YoshMaster]

Haha I love that woman! She’s very passionate about doing something most people would never dare to do. People like her are so important to society!!

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

How much does she get paid? I know it's less than men. Women only make 70% of what a man makes.

[@lifesimon9076]

If you love her so much why don’t you marry her

[@YoshMaster]

@@lifesimon9076 because if I married everyone I love I’d be in trouble fast..

[@laurenconrad1799]

I agree!

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

Yes exactly!

[@Itsfish20]

We need more people like this woman, she loves her job and loves the people in the community!

[@LeeeroyJenkins]

Do you love your job? There’s a reason some jobs pay better than others. It’s because people don’t want to do them or waste years of their life learning a difficult job.

[@dwayne7356]

A manager who isn't afraid to get in and get dirty. Where is Mike Rowe?

[@paulsuprono7225]

And she sez - 'because of my profession, your streets, city, community . . . will smell clean' !

[@williamwinstrop3918]

Pamela Elardo A in 2020 was employed in Environment Protection, Department of and had annual salary of $228,150 according to public records. I'd love my job too If I was paid that much to tell the grunts to go clean up the poop.

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@@williamwinstrop3918 Are you poor or why do you keep copy & pasting her salary?

[@Twiggy163]

If you're wondering about the benefits of a separate sewer system: Not only does it prevent overflow, like the video mentions, it also makes the treatment plants work more efficient because the pollution is far more concentrated and not diluted by rainwater. It also prevents sewege from coming up to street level during a rainstorm and flooding buildings with... well, shit. The downside of a separate sewer system is that it takes up a lot more space in the underground. It's fine if the streets are wide but in neighbourhoods with narrow streets, I absolutely hate separate sewer systems when designing new pipeline routes. Power cables, gas lines, drinking water (transport and distribution), data cables, 2 sewege systems, sometimes a drain to manage ground water levels and district heating pipes. Its a lot to put into the ground.

[@joeygenna4801]

Honest to god I thought he was like: a revolutionary idea: using a different sewage system

[@Lucas_andos]

In australia (Well, the south east queensland water services) our stormwater and severys are completly separated, Thats why on all of our drains it says "dont dump, flows to river" Very helpful dusring storm season.

[@Twiggy163]

@@joeygenna4801 I can still do that if you like?

[@smith22041]

What about trash on the street washed into storm drains, in a separate system is that line at least treated to some degree?

[@codycast]

You mean you hate designing pipeline routes in simcity?

[@gilbertgill6613]

Protect Pam at all costs!! We need more important folks like this in society. She sees the bigger picture, and her positive energy is infectious. LOVE it.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

There's a few videos on this problem in London as well. People pour their grease and oils that congeal and mixes with the baby wipes to form these massive chunks that clog up the system. The only way to deal with them is to manually break them apart and move them down stream. The investigator was down there doing a story and was dry heaving at the smell when they broke apart. There's also human waste mixed in with it and when air hits it...

[@knightwolf3511]

i was also confused when they said borough even though thats still same as a town, no one uses that other then england

[@yo-wh7ty]

that is so disgusting oh god

[@ironhell813]

You guys need to stop using the damn wipes.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

@@ironhell813 Not going to happen. The problem is that you're suggestion is spot on, and makes a ton of sense. This is fucking up our sewer, stop doing it. However, once you have wiped with wet wipes, there's no going back. That clean, slick feeling is just too good. It would be like saying jets use too much fuel, get rid of them and go back to prop planes. The ONLY solution is to install grinder stations to liquify the solids so it flows properly. Problem solved

[@reecetaylor2626]

​@@valuedhumanoid6574yeah, those dont work as well as you think

[@masteroptics7213]

That's a lot of crap! I love how enthusiastic she is about waste. Dedication right there to her work.

[@cheddar]

She was quite the character!

[@zardozmyrh7789]

Norton would be proud rest in peace Art Carney

[@williamwinstrop3918]

Pamela Elardo A in 2020 was employed in Environment Protection, Department of and had annual salary of $228,150 according to public records. What you are seeing is not dedication. You are seeing a lady who is paid way to much, and does not need to perform any of these tasks ever. She tells the people being paid under 20$ an hour to go scrape the poop.

[@Tarsibu]

She's definitely seen a lot of shit *Badum TSS* I'll be seeing myself out now

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@@williamwinstrop3918 Are you poor or why do you keep copy & pasting her salary?

[@matthewknutsen6939]

I took a class in hydraulics a few years ago and it really is remarkable how much NYC waterways have improved over the past 30 or 40 years. Wouldn’t quite call the east or Hudson rivers, or the narrows clear yet, but they’re a lot cleaner than their were in the 70’s or 80’s It’s a shame people know about all the environment problems in the world, but we never hear about things that are improving

[@John77Doe]

🤢🤮

[@MrRevolverkiller]

It doesn’t catch on fire anymore does it?

[@9volt65]

It also doesn't help that people assume NYC is a huge trash pit and don't seem to acknowledge anything good that comes from it. It's really painful to live here your entire life and have to deal with people assuming that you and the city you love are a huge burning garbage-fire, when we have systems like this in place to improve.

[@spacebound1969]

@@9volt65 It kind of is tho.

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

@@9volt65 It is though, a festering garbage dump with trash, litter and human waste all over the place. What's ironic is it's full of nitwits who want to lecture the rest of the world on environmentalism.

[@Tabbithakitten]

I wish we had more public outreach about what cannot be recycling and "flushable" wipes. A lot of people don't know.

[@orangeradishneo]

I genuinely don't know how someone can get to adulthood and not find this out, and I'm not trying to be rude. I personally don't recall/currently know of any public outreach here in Canada for this stuff, other than videos like these (that i've only personally noticed as an adult). It just seems like one of those commonly understood things you learn in childhood. There was an episode of Adam Ruins Everything a few years ago that covered this, and at the time I noticed a lot of people when discussing the episode/topic were admitting to flushing wipes, and even tampons! All aside from the "flushable wipes" - the name is completely misleading and these companies shouldn't use that term.

[@Tabbithakitten]

@@orangeradishneo To be clear: I did know this before this video. But seeing the results is so much more informative. I think the "flushable wipes" is 99% of the problem. But I believe in Toronto I've seen public outreach about this issue overall.

[@ttopero]

This is a bane of marketing! Our fear-driven hygienic society is very vulnerable to marketing messages that are easy or desirable to believe but have dark sides lurking around them!

[@koilamaoh4238]

Just put the wipes in another receptacle.. Sheesh. Easy to make toilet paper into flushable wipes to, not that hard.. And get a bidet, does wonders for a clean booty. aLSO these wipes can ruin your plumbing system in ones home if they don't watch what they are doing. Expensive to repair in the long run.

[@TheBooban]

@@koilamaoh4238 they will stink if you don’t flush it! But I don’t understand why they are better than tp. Its women who use it. Why?

[@b7shoota]

i love this womans energy!! such a pure soul. she should win employee of the decade lol. she should have her own tv show

[@MarvelousYoUnAstro]

Aside from the passion for her job... we need people like this everywhere in general! I studied a cross contamination class once, what I learned there in detail no one outside of that class would have taught me. That class can help you understand how important it is to collaborate to keep things clean and safe. This planet is crying for a little collaboration... we seem not to get it. It might be because we know we are only here once and creating a who cares mentally, selfishly living like let the next generation handle it... I try to contribute every day by creating less garbage at home and using my electric powered equipment, knowing that it's a very small part and wishing everyone worldwide could do theirs!

[@RichardBaran]

This lady is great. She seems so happy about her job.

[@williamwinstrop3918]

Pamela Elardo A in 2020 was employed in Environment Protection, Department of and had annual salary of $228,150 according to public records. That is why.

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@@williamwinstrop3918 Are you poor or why do you keep copy & pasting her salary?

[@whatname8952]

@@williamwinstrop3918 good for her.

[@RichardBaran]

@@williamwinstrop3918 Wait. You can't love what you do be happy, and have a good salary? Makes no sense. You can have her love for life with or without money.

[@entertainme7523]

she does?

[@ijchua]

I love how genuinely passionate the deputy commissioner is about her job!

[@williamwinstrop3918]

Pamela Elardo A in 2020 was employed in Environment Protection, Department of and had annual salary of $228,150 according to public records. Wouldn't you be for that kind of pay?

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@@williamwinstrop3918 Are you poor or why do you keep copy & pasting her salary?

[@mastercreamer1398]

I always would take a dump in the water tank part of the toilet instead of toilet bowl when I was at a house party. Called it “top loading” 😂😂

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

@@mastercreamer1398 shut up

[@evy2031]

As Adam Conover once said, “flushable” wipes are as flushable as “flushable” golf balls

[@chuckbrotton2449]

Actually, worse. Golf balls don't clump together into massive blobs

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Yeah I work in waste water in England. Our pumps hate anything tougher than toilet paper. These "flushables" are just rag and rag plus fat means a blockage.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@gerardmontgomery280 you get adult toys t

[@carultch]

What standards are there, that even allow manufacturers to call them flushable? And is it really that hard to put them in the trash bin, instead of down the drain?

[@gerardmontgomery280]

@@southaussiegarbo2054 I've seen plenty of Jonnys but no actual toys. We did recentally take a life sized minion stuffed toy out of the inlet to the works recently though

[@theymusthatetesla3186]

This was FASCINATING! ....and that Lady was great....seems to genuinely enjoy her job!

[@Evelyn-mf1yn]

Oh my god her “Nasty!!!” At 4:38 got me rolling 😂😂

[@benmcreynolds8581]

The underground sewer systems of new York and Chicago are some of the craziest things I've ever seen. The amount of effort that went into the infrastructure of the water ways is INSANE.

[@timmmahhhh]

Yeah Chicago's big dig to put in the massive tunnel, I believe under the river, made the news during construction.

[@phantom-xb6wv]

looks like they predicted americans would shit alot eating all those hamburgers

[@mastercreamer1398]

I always would take a dump in the water tank part of the toilet instead of toilet bowl when I was at a house party. Called it “top loading” 😂😂

[@BoobieTubes]

@@mastercreamer1398 aka an upper decker

[@mastercreamer1398]

@@phantom-xb6wv you keep your mouth shut when your talking to me sir!

[@ΒασίληςΣταθόπουλος-ξ5κ]

As an operator to a wastewater treatment plant I can tell you that at the of the day it feels nice when you have cleaned the water and you have gained energy as biogas

[@Justanotherfuckingobserver]

This is the comment I was looking for, I saw a video a couple of years ago about a country that uses waste to create biofuel and they run their city's bus system on it and I was like "why are we not funding this!!!"

[@Noahloveless1]

@@Justanotherfuckingobserver Its how we power the plant and the boilers for the digesters.

[@CelestialTrailblazer]

What's your job salary ? How do you get this job ?

[@perpecedecelequex]

My dad works for DEP, they don't usually get a lot of recognition so it's great to see a video about them :)

[@IronIsKing]

Thought it said EDP for a sec

[@entertainme7523]

didn't ask

[@jayseaandfriends]

@@entertainme7523 i did 😃

[@meisha89ify]

I appreciate her. Everyone in this world plays a part to make our lives as easy and normal as possible. We thank you

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

🎉 Exactly. Agreed😊

[@FlowcastYT]

I work in the trades and I gotta say it's extremely rare to find a woman willing to do what she did. Props to her!

[@deadeye5155]

Wook

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

You mean "poops to her." 😅😂🙂😁😆

[@joerecordsNYC]

She was the Deputy Commissioner. She didn’t actually work in the plant.

[@CelestialTrailblazer]

Very few people would refuse a 6 figure job.

[@bender4769]

Seriously this woman made the whole video. I remember going to a sewage treatment center in my town for a field trip when I was younger. If this woman was giving the presentation I would probably be working there now!

[@eternitykentucky6935]

Lol I went to sewage treatment center on field trip in Elementary school. That's the day I realized we drink 💩 water that's been recycled. So now I only drink bottle water 🤣 🤣

[@johnostout]

@@eternitykentucky6935 Id guess most of your bottled water is just from a culinary source. Good luck getting away from it.

[@eternitykentucky6935]

@@johnostout lol I bet the bottled water , is just bottled 💩 water.. makes me feel like it's better if it's not coming from the tap. 😂

[@isaiah1931]

Shoutout to the water resource and environmental engineers who created these systems. It’s crazy to think how much humans can accomplish. That being said hopefully NYC can fix the overflow issue.

[@QAlba1074]

Humans can accomplish a lot of sh!t.

[@dogbog99]

She’s a living legend, respect to her

[@williamwinstrop3918]

Pamela Elardo A in 2020 was employed in Environment Protection, Department of and had annual salary of $228,150 according to public records. Don't worry shes being paid for her "Living Legend" status.

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@@williamwinstrop3918 Are you poor or why do you keep copy & pasting her salary?

[@andrewdaley3081]

@@williamwinstrop3918 no wonder she's so fucking happy. 🇬🇧👍

[@Leon-sk6dk]

@@williamwinstrop3918 I’m doxxing you.

[@thisischris5351]

Awwww, PAM! 🙈 she was so freaking awesome. I loved her humor, her mind, her gestures, her attitude.. she’s a really awesome person.

[@JustDoinFlorida]

I love videos about sewer systems so much for some reason. Maybe because I'm a fisherman and it's just cool to see the advances we're making to get our water as clean as possible so our environment remains healthy.

[@ubermut1379]

I love how passionately and accessibly the woman in this video explains everything! I was a bit sad that the video didn't show more of her explanations because this whole topic is very fascinating. I would be really interested in what her policy recommendations and wishes for the city to improve their sewage system would be.

[@ShyVioletIsShy]

I had a field trip to the sewage treatment plant in 4th grade. It was fascinating. AND REALLY STINKY. We were learning about Tertiary Treatment plants, hydroelectricity, and the water table. Seeing the intake tubes was nauseating... we were all laughing at the "balloons" that had gotten stuck at the bottom of the rakes. (Hindsight, eh?) We also got to go to the reservoirs, see the fluorination plants, even underneath the Merrimack river hydroelectric dam with a fish ladder in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was simultaneous the coolest and the WORST field trip ever.

[@Undecided0]

That's one field trip I would have skipped.

[@timmmahhhh]

My local plant had a tour about three years ago and odors weren't too bad. Perhaps treatment methods have improved over time or my facility was more modern? It was really informative excellent tour. Then again I was in my 50s and likely appreciated it more than I might have as a fourth grader.

[@John77Doe]

🤢🤮

[@tekesters]

Man you remember 4th grade like it was yesterday while I'm having trouble remembering if I turned all the lights off today!

[@John77Doe]

@@tekesters 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hobi8860]

I work in a water and waste water organisation and I love my job. Genuinely, the provision of clean drinking water and the collection and treatment of waste water are two of the most essential processes for life. Thankfully most people don’t experience service issues or failure and thus take these for granted. The engineering and science involved is incredible. Absolutely great places to work, a career for life - it’s always going to be needed. Ps you get used to the smell!

[@squlliamwriggs6775]

I just graduated with a civil engineering bachelors, and our senior project involved the design of an entire drinking water treatment plant and distribution system. It’s amazing how in depth each process goes to tackle certain isssues

[@nonadaze]

her energy my god. she loves her job.

[@monke2823]

I love how cool that lady is about her job, we need more people like that

[@Kimberly-wt1nu]

Clorox got a bad rap in this video. They don't even produce a "flushable" wipe.

[@ShyVioletIsShy]

Clorox wipes have always been awful for the environment, and some dinguses love to throw them in the toilet when they're done! Get a waste basket, yall.

[@tookitogo]

@@ShyVioletIsShy You missed Kimberly’s point entirely (she’s absolutely right by the way): the problem isn’t people flushing Clorox wipes. The problem is the “flushable” *toilet paper* wipes, which the manufacturers continue to call “flushable” even though they are not. Clorox wipes do not claim to be flushable.

[@Kimberly-wt1nu]

@@tookitogo thank you! some dingus missed the point. LoL

[@Bbykns]

I feel like these workers need a lot more PPE than a basic mask and gloves to be dealing with a cities sewage

[@candy2325]

I agree. Need a whole suit or something lol

[@gingercashcat]

yup!!

[@mauricemotors8207]

@@candy2325 I work for the city of Houston fleet and I’ve been to a waste water plant to jump off a truck that has a big vacuum to unclog pipes and it’s nasty beyond BELIEF

[@leinadalan]

Its 99.9% water. Most who work around sewage get vaccinated for hep a and b. I did.

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

Yeah they need a robot to do that shit

[@cempe8312]

i adore that woman energy, the world need more people like her! i wonder hows the sewage system in my country or town, i hope it can be as good as nyc has. hope there are many innovations for the rainy season

[@spectro4428]

That's a insane amount of wastewater, quite interesting to see how it looks!

[@IronIsKing]

Hearted, nice

[@michaelfrench3396]

I'm super glad people like that woman exist in the world. If they didn't we wouldn't be able to live like we do. And the fact that she's got such an amazingly upbeat attitude just shows how much good that she knows she's doing for her city.

[@brandonsmith3060]

Another reason why education must be part of the infrastructure funding…Without funding to develop the future trades and MEP people, who’s going to keep the system running?…It’s not robots.

[@jessicachanae9977]

I agree.

[@BradfordGuy]

That woman is a true keeper! Very smart and passionate, happy with what she does, and is truly concerned about the wellbeing of the city she serves. Only flush products labeled as "septic safe." Flushable does not mean biodegradable. If you cannot easily pull it apart don't do it!

[@worldofwastewater]

Awesome video!!! Thanks for highlighting this hidden gem of an industry. Wastewater is a great career choice for anyone interested!

[@caesar3909]

the sewerage system is one of mankind's greatest but often overlooked inventions. People are so use to it that they don't understand the mayhem that would unfold if it were to become compromised for a long-term period of time.

[@edge2science]

A county executive once said, "this is the most primordial need of a metro community, yet absolutely invisible and seamless to its end users". What're *real people*, civil servants maintain this service for the multitudes.

[@Nan-59]

Idk why someone hasn't legislated to have "flushable" wipes deemed NOT FLUSHABLE. Because this is disgusting! 🤢 🤮

[@TheLoos3Goos33]

$$$

[@sudeshramdhanie6216]

There needs to be a surcharge on those products because of the problems they create and then maybe people will buy and use them less

[@sudeshramdhanie6216]

Also by implementing a 5 cent refundable surcharge on ALL plastic containers from Chinese plastic containers to plastic spoons will help the homeless population and solve a tremendous load on the storm drain runoff.

[@mastercreamer1398]

I always would take a dump in the water tank part of the toilet instead of toilet bowl when I was at a house party. Called it “top loading” 😂😂

[@thatoneguy5512]

One of thoes pipes recycle the sewage water into your everyday day sink water.

[@-2high2fly-]

There's a little cut with benches right next to the woodtown creek plant right near a tv cable company building that I used to go to get away from all the people and commotion of the city. Never smelled from the plant or anything either, just a nice little getaway

[@joey8033]

This is a very very well put documentary, I really love it and that woman really loves her job. And I want to say something without sounding like "that guy on the internet" but who else noticed the quality of this video? I mean it was made in partnership with a real life broadcaster with resources and made with professionalism in mind, notice the narrator had such a professional and intelligible voice? That's something that's missing in youtube voices today and it's sad. Amazing video btw ❤️🎉

[@dalva91]

Love the drive and way this woman sees her job and all she does. Don’t live in New York but thanks for what you do!

[@kaymish6178]

From the late 90's to early 00's the area of the city I live in did a storm water sewage separation program. The city dug up all the sewer pipes and replaced them with pipes that did just waste water and diverted all the storm water into new pipes to flow into the rivers and streams or made new streams. The water quality in the one discharge river improved markedly so we don't get swimming bans so much any more. But now there is a new kind of heavy metal and rubber pollution going into the waterways because of all the cars and especially heavy trucks, so now there's a ban on gathering food from the waterways around the city because the cars have made it too toxic.

[@GTF85]

The brake dust off cars is a big one

[@joenuts5167]

Cars suck

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

@@joenuts5167 Cars bad, but not the trucks the deliver my consoomer items from Amazon! 😂

[@onekerri1]

@@joenuts5167 No, you do.

[@Sumanitu]

I dont understand why the sale of flushable wipes just aren't outlawed by cities. Heck they outlawed disposable plastic bags in my city, but flushable wipes are still at the grocery store

[@Ryan2022]

Oh god Shut up

[@valmal2659]

So you don’t wash your bum properly because if you use just tissue then yuck 🤢

[@sylviarohge4204]

@@valmal2659 With toilet paper we also get our asses clean. Apparently some are too inept even for this simple task. The wipes degrade in sewage treatment plants, but they take 7 days or more to do so. The problem that arises from this is that the waste water takes about 24 hours to be clarified. However, the cloths are not degraded within 1/7 of the time, which is why they have to be removed beforehand.

[@MarkSentMe]

I LOVE how they capture the gas that comes from those digesters. I wish all communities would do that. It's a sustainable and renewable resource.

[@nandipandlovu9397]

She really does love what she does, I got really excited watching and learning how the system works. I also want to be more conscious about what I flush and how I treat my wastewater.

[@nico_gg_8863]

great show format! content like this is extremely important to create awareness on people =)

[@curiodyssey3867]

On people? Lmao

[@Penguinmanereikel]

First episode about the sanitation system, third about the sewage system This show has been great to watch during lunch!

[@beardedboon]

To think of the smell 90% of people couldnt breathe in those buildings What a great person!! I admire her and all in the waste industry!

[@no.6522]

The way she talk about her responsibilities shows how proud she is of the progress. She is a REAL New York Hero!

[@nelsonpun]

No matter what the profession there is always someone out there that is passionate about it. Never ceases to amaze me.

[@kalmage136]

I salute & appreciate & am grateful to those who work in this field.

[@ttopero]

I’m wondering if there’s any attempts to clean the water from the overflow bodies when capacity is available. Seems like something that would be helpful. 40x a year is a staggering frequency for the volume!

[@azmrblack]

Many areas have started digging deep underground tunnels that store the stormwater from the combined system and then pump it to the plant when flows decrease.

[@Tony-cp6vu]

I absolutely love this series and all the heros of NYC that we wouldn't learn about otherwise

[@edimalan14]

She’s got such a personality it’s awesome!

[@monoXcide01]

5:56 "Watch your step" is a funny thing to say at a sewage treatment plant lol

[@lizardfishmanbearpig1818]

After traveling to India i have so much respect for what these people do in NYC, smaller town across the US, and even individuals who install a septic system on their property. Every city smells like raw sewage there. Every body of “water” that you get close to makes you gag. Even on the trains they dump the raw sewage directly onto the tracks. Never get close to the window on an indian train. You will feel a light mist that feels refreshing until you realize what it is.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

US has so many infrastructure systems in place while some countries lack systems. Are they perfect? No. In some areas of the world sewer and garbage are just discarded in water or immediate environment. Hope things change. Believe they are & will.

[@gothnate]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the "Great Flushing" of 1983 in this. After the final episode of M*A*S*H* aired, over a million New Yorkers went to the bathroom at the same time, adding about 6.7 million gallons of water in the sewer system within a 30 minute period. Could you imagine what would have happened if it was a rainy day that day?

[@equaloskat]

Woah!! Super cool fact ty for sharing

[@equarg]

😅 That sounds terrifying. If I recall, a bigger episode was an episode of DALLAS where the killer of a really disliked character was revealed. Even without the internet and twitter EVERYONE was wondering who done it. Gossip and bets ensued for a week.

[@jeffw8218]

Kind of ridiculous that "flushable wipes" are still called that, when it's CLEAR AS CRYSTAL that they're not flushable. That is false-advertising.

[@rhyagelle]

This lady really loves her job! Gotta respect that! If it were for her and people like her, we'd have a very terrible problem with our waste.

[@SophieSophia-nm3vs]

That lady is very charismatic, she just makes you feel happy, Love her❤️🌹

[@Crob100]

My hat goes off to waste water workers. Esp the lady in this video. Much respect.

[@qwerasdfjkl1990]

love her enthusiasm!

[@russelljames5631]

I’ve worked in almost every waste water treatment plant and let me just say the smell is unlike anything you’ve ever smelled.

[@jrob4795]

Do you go nose blind at some point, or is it something you just have to power through?

[@cheesetomeetyou]

I remember being at a pig slaughtering factory once. I wonder how the smell compares.

[@russelljames5631]

@@jrob4795 gotta power through it especially being union your held to a higher standard

[@jrob4795]

@@russelljames5631 That sucks.

[@russelljames5631]

@@jrob4795 the amount of money I make makes up for it.

[@kirankumarsukumar]

We should respect the people working in these places and follow what they say in all our homes. When the machines in these places stops working all hell breaks loose

[@williamwinstrop3918]

Pamela Elardo A in 2020 was employed in Environment Protection, Department of and had annual salary of $228,150 according to public records. Nah fuck that, for that kind of salary I'm going to start flushing concrete powder.

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@@williamwinstrop3918 Are you poor or why do you keep copy & pasting her salary?

[@queenofaid4054]

More people need to watch this, it needs to be shown in school, to help water be more clean and people not flush everything!

[@madabouthollyoaks411]

haven't heard this kind of voice since the days of watching documentaries in middle school,m love the nostalgia!

[@randallaverty4514]

There is a new option now with porous concrete and asphalt that eliminates the need for storm sewer. Partial implementation should produce limited relief for a troubled system that would be hard to upgrade such as NYC

[@kaitlyn__L]

Not quite, the porous roadway still has to lead _somewhere,_ it can’t drain into the water table directly indefinitely. Those porous roadways usually still do have piping. Plus they are much less strong than regular roadways so can’t simply be drop-in replacements, they’re basically a totally different civil engineering material with different support requirements, and need the road redesigned to greater or lesser degree. It could help be an inlet to a storm sewer, instead of grates things can fall down, but it won’t solve storm surges by itself.

[@scar3xcr0]

All the all the different US cities Departments of Sanitation and their Water and Sewer Departments should put some money together to create an organization to sue "flushable" wipe manufactures for false advertising and lobby congress to make it illegal to sell them as flushable wipes and require text on the package stating boldly that they are "NOT FLUSHABLE!" It would probably save the districts way more than they would spend.

[@Chrisiscool14]

5:11 I am somehow scared someone was able to flush a full Mountain Dew bottle

[@coreys7219]

Either a connected storm drain or a manhole. Once I pulled an oldsmobile hubcap from the car screen at my previous treatment plant.

[@SloopyDog]

I worked in a sewage works and I was amazed at the size of the fat burgers that built up in the water system. When we broke them up we put them into skips, ready to go to landfill. The seagulls had a good feed from the skips before it was taken to the tip. People put some strange things down the toilets and drains. Sanitary towels, wet wipes, towels, underwear, cutlery, plus many other household items. One of our jobs was to go to outlying small sewage works to clean them out. One day as we were cleaning one of these out the local abattoir released the blood into the sewage system and we were covered in in blood from head to toe. Not nice.

[@InvestBetter.]

She's probably making six-figures, and she deserves every penny. People like that are hard to find and hard to replace She loves what she does. #Respect

[@razzeldazzel6301]

I wonder how large a tunnel or how many tunnels will it take to hold all the rain water to later be pumped to the treatment plant.

[@bobvogt9750]

Milwaukee has one for combined sewer. Look up mmsd deep tunnel. 400 million gallons. And it still fills up semi regularly

[@jakegolding8388]

Well this is a completely different format from what I am used to from cheddar. It sounds like you hired a professional narrator to read a script. I like the more personal touch when the person who did the research does the narration and goes to the place to find out more. Otherwise great content.

[@curiodyssey3867]

They teamed up with curiosity stream for this series

[@jakegolding8388]

@@curiodyssey3867 That would explain it.

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

That is a lot of waste and water a day. Totally amazing. If that was to fail it would be a catastrophe fast. Seems that women loves her job and what she does for her people. Got a new subscriber. Very informative and interesting to watch. Great video

[@rieniekramer1912]

This lady is so nice in explaining how it all works ... bless you ... need more of your type😇

[@veggieboyultimate]

I wonder if there are any environmental groups that are working on cleaning the polluted parts of New York’s rivers and lakes.

[@lizhoward9754]

Extremely interesting. This needs to be seen by everyone

[@PLuMUK54]

What is a rain event? Is it what here in the UK we call a normal day? 🙂 Many years ago, whilst training to be a teacher, we were taken on a tour of a waste water treatment plant. At the end of the tour, the guide's "party trick" was to demonstrate how clean the water was by drinking a glass taken from the plant's outflow pipe.

[@alphavegas1]

Is he still alive? Lol

[@perpecedecelequex]

So I don't know for sure but I know of the events my dad gets called in to do overtime (he works for DEP) - the rain he usually gets called in for is super heavy, like thunderstorms and worse. Something that should be remembered is that we don't avoid the impacts of hurricane season, just most of the time we don't get hit with the brunt of it. My dad was actually called in to work when Sandy hit, just as an example of the worst case in recent history.

[@undrachevr]

When a good rain hits the wastewater treatment inflow can easily hit 10x of what the plant is designed to do. For treatment to be effective every plant has a recommended detention time for complete treatment. Some wastewater plants have a regular flow condition and high flow

[@kaitlyn__L]

Most UK sewers overflow every single time it rains more than a drop too. The only project I’m aware of to try and mitigate this, is a big underwater tank (that’s underselling it, it’s pretty intensive sewer rework) being built in London to store the storm surge prior to being treated like they mentioned in this video. But it’s a decent time from completion.

[@carultch]

They are likely referring to a major rainstorm, that would accompany a hurricane. Such as Hurricane Sandy. Not just a run-of-the-mill day of light rain.

[@MP-in4or]

THESE people and those who built the machines are real heroes. The things people take for granted.

[@gravityimage5]

I love her passion, I see everyone else did too. Its Important to have meaningful people that make a difference.

[@bigazzasian]

I heard a story from my friends dad that was a plumber. He said the biggest pile of poo he ever seen was at a college sorority dorm room. He got a call, knocked on the door and he heard was come in. 4 girls hiding behind a door said the bathroom over there. They kept peaking and laughing. What he saw was a mountain of poo. It was so big he had to go back to the truck and get a mini shovel to break it up! He was acting it out. My friends and I were dying of laughter. He said women take the biggest poos he’s ever seen and it’s not talked about. Lolz

[@Potatotenkopf]

What an absolute queen, now if only people could care as much about her getting good pay and cheap medical care instead of m&m having block heels or giving billionares tax cuts.

[@Radioroom91]

The rake reminded me of when I was a sorter a the waste management and recycling center the had a similar raking machine that rose up trash to a conveyer belt and me and 60ish other people had to sort through it by hand, water/waste management are real "shity" jobs and these people need a raise.

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

You did community service, didn't you?

[@anthonywhite3502]

LOL @ 3:24. I’m surprised that 5-second clip hasn’t turned into a meme and gone viral. 😂

[@MateoQuixote]

Can we get an LA Exposed series next please?

[@JJ-si4qh]

She’s cool. Need more people like her. Can wet wipes be made to ACTUALLY be compatible with waste water treatment? And wouldn’t a combined system technically be better since it treats the rain water, too?

[@yvrelna]

Wet wipes are stupid idea. Just use a bidet, it's much cleaner and doesn't clog your waste water system. Wet wipes need to survive being doused in water for long periods of time so it doesn't disintegrate in the package and while being used. But that same property is also the reason why it clogs the wastewater system.

[@yvrelna]

> wouldn't combined system be better? Rain water generally don't need to be treated before they're released to the environment. They may not be clean, potable water, but they don't contain as much of the biologically hazardous materials that wastewater treatment plants targets. Also, the kind of pollutants that pollutes rainwater (oil leaks from cars, fertilizers, etc), are quite different than in waste water. All that combined waste water system does is dilute the waste water, which means that plant has to be designed to handle much larger volume of water and it's more expensive to process the diluted waste. If a waste water treatment plant is nearing capacity, they could just ask the city to stop/slow down issuing building permits to give them time to upgrade the wastewater system. You can't tell the weather to stop the storm season. Also, the volume of rainwater are a lot less predictable than wastewater volume, which means you need bigger capacity of everything so you can handle the biggest storm, but these are capacities that are not utilised when it's not stormy seasons, but you will still be paying for.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@yvrelna you can put wipes in the bin? I’ve also found a bidet is nowhere near as thorough in outcome, although I’m admittedly on the extreme end of cleanliness needs for comfort - I can’t imagine how most people deal with JUST toilet paper.

[@joeyfridays]

That lady is a boss, knows her stuff and is passionate about it. Love it.

[@jeremynolan9294]

So happy to see someone so happy about the job

[@junrosamura645]

As a former New Yorker, I really got to those workers credit for the amazing job they do. However, NYC will always be a dirty city because people don't have good values. There is no culture present unlike a city like Tokyo (Which I live in) which everyone knows not to throw trash into the streets or down the toilets. Yes you have the occasional jerks who litter but you won't find a cleaner city in the world with a high concentration of folks. If people stop acting so selfish, then maybe one day everyone gets to enjoy clean water.

[@alexfrank5331]

It's mind-boggling that the city didn't just pass a law requiring products to be properly labeled as NOT-flushable.

[@CTCTraining1]

This video is a new career advertisement for anyone who lost their sense of smell during the last couple of years...

[@bruceincremona9241]

I never flush whipes. This gives a whole new meaning behind the phrase up shits Creek!

[@tridentgum63]

This woman is amazing. Her humor her work ethic. She's awesome!

[@Velocitist]

Why is she this cool

[@kriss667]

One would think that if cities all around a big country have problem with those "flushable" wipes, that regulations will come in pretty soon.

[@DynamicHaze]

But does it properly remove all the trash gunk and shit from the water to create clean drinking water?

[@kutter_ttl6786]

That's a totally different system. This just makes it clean enough to release the water into the local waterways. Tap water goes through seperate filtration plants.

[@flakgun153]

@@kutter_ttl6786 no. The water gets dumped into the ocean. NYC's drinking water is not even treated and comes from the river

[@nonec384]

it definitly isnt , the water is definitivly fillter they might add a fluculant to get particles out , plus florine and clorine thats just the basic

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@flakgun153 untreated river water as potable water? There’s no way that’s true, just from the colour alone

[@patrickkwon3351]

That lady needs a hefty raise

[@LauRoot892]

Lol