How do sewers work near sea level
I'm spending a week in La Jolla, CA, USA, about 15ft above sea level and I'm wondering where the sewage goes? There's no room between here and the sea for a treatment plant. There's pretty big apartment complexes and hotels that would need enormous septic tanks. How does it work?
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In most seaside towns, sewage is taken directly to the sea, through a long pipe
Shit, soap, anything anybody dump in his toilets and sink is going in the sea without treatment?
Greaaaat...
They're spewing shit into the sea? I would've thought it would be treated first.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/investigation-after-57-world-triathlon-championship-swimmers-fall-sick-and-get-diarrhoea-in-sunderland-race
May be treated a little bit, but it almost raw shit