Largest sewage works

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.