Thinking Big About Sewage: Thornton
Clip: 8/31/2015 | 6m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
We revisit our story on the Thornton Reservoir after today's ribbon-cutting ceremony.
You've probably heard of Deep Tunnel, the massive public works project that temporarily holds sewage and rainwater after a storm to help keep it out of our basements. But when there is a lot of rain – like the rainy spring we had this year – then even Deep Tunnel isn't massive enough. So the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is converting Thornton Quarry into a new, giant reservoir.
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Thinking Big About Sewage: Thornton
Clip: 8/31/2015 | 6m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
You've probably heard of Deep Tunnel, the massive public works project that temporarily holds sewage and rainwater after a storm to help keep it out of our basements. But when there is a lot of rain – like the rainy spring we had this year – then even Deep Tunnel isn't massive enough. So the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is converting Thornton Quarry into a new, giant reservoir.
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