Case Study
The Two Monsters at the Antarctica Research Station
Even in Antarctica, one of the coldest, most barren corners of the Earth, there is a wastewater treatment plant that is processing sewage. In January, the McMurdo Station, America’s research facility on Antarc- tica, completed construction of a new 121,000 GPD (5.3 l/s) plant and is quickly bringing the facility up to speed. Constructed in the warmer weather months of 2003, this is the station’s first treatment plant. Prior to construction of