The main benefit of wastewater treatment plants is to preserve this valuable resource. Their construction is simpler than you can imagine and their cost does not compare with the opportunity to count on this vital liquid for many years.
The benefits that wastewater treatment plants provide to society and ecosystems are many. This time we will explain some important ones that you may not know about:
Economic savings.
It is true that the initial investment to build a water treatment plant may overwhelm many people. However, in the long term, the main costs in which you will see a decrease is in the transportation of the liquid and in the annual payment for its consumption (tax applied in Mexico).
The water having a constant purification process in the treatment ponds allows it to be reused for many years and to be used in different areas of human consumption: such as agriculture, for toilets, in industries, among other basic consumption opportunities.
Health
The systems used by wastewater treatment plants allow the elimination of any polluting agent in the water. They have the capacity to eradicate bacteria and viruses that could cause damage to the health of people, animals or plants. Ironically, it is the human being who contaminates the water and gives rise to diseases that can be transmitted by consuming contaminated water.
Odors
How many times have you opened the water tap in your house and smelled an unpleasant odor? Well, these odors can also be eliminated by wastewater treatment plants.
Water smells like this because it has mainly been treated and the water is only used for irrigation in agriculture or for use in toilets and urinals, or basic uses such as washing the car, watering the garden, etc. In addition to the industries where there is no human consumption; to eliminate these odors must go through a further process where a purification is made that allows the elimination of these unpleasant odors.
Ecosystem
For several years, it has been essential to make people aware of the need to take care of water and the shortage it could have in the near future. However, society’s response has not been favorable and we continue to see many people wasting liters and liters of water.
