ENV SCI 120 Critical Thinking About Environmental Science Quiz Question Discussion

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Sewage Treatment

Often considered to be the most expensive and extensive estuarine recovery in the history of the world, the recovery of Boston Harbor cost about $5 Billion.

a.) The Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant removes many contaminants from sewage before sewage effluent is released to the ocean. Name one contaminant and describe how this contaminant is removed by the sewage treatment plant. (5 points)

b.) How does removing this contaminant make Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay “healthier”?Would removing this contaminant convince ratepayers that the $5 billion spend was worth it? What else could you measure to convince ratepayers that the cost was worth it? (5 points)