Largest sewage works
- Who
- Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
- What
- 3036000000 litre(s)
- Where
- United States (Chicago,)
- When
- 1939
The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Stickney, Illinois, USA (formerly the West-Southwest Sewage Treatment Works) began operation in 1939 on a site covering 231ha. (570 acres) in suburban Chicago, Illinois. With a design capacity of 1,200 million gallons per day, it treated an average of 3036 million litres (668 million gal.) of water per day in 1995.