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Author
Series
Qwikpick papers ; 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three friends spend Christmas day breaking into the town of Crickenburg's antiquated sewage treatment plant in order to witness with their own eyes the soon-to-be-replaced "poop fountain."
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ever wonder how the sewer system works? Look no further! Discover the story behind the pipes beneath our feet. From facts on the first plumbing systems to information about how wastewater gets treated and cleaned. Readers will learn about why we need sanitation and the journey our waste and used water takes through the pipes"--
8) Sewers
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Examines the network of underground pipes and tunnels that carry human waste (and more) away. From ancient Rome's pristine sewage-conveying systems, through the foul, out-the-window system of Europe in the Middle Ages, to the revolutionary sanitation engineering of the 19th and 20th centuries, SEWERS flows through history. Study waste management's evolution from the sewers of Paris, Boston, and Los Angeles. Meet a sewer diver (and his robotic counterpart)...
12) Trapped under the sea: one engineering marvel, five men, and a disaster ten miles into the darkness
Author
Language
English
Description
Documents the disastrous 1990s mission during which two members of a five-man diving team were killed while completing construction on a ten-mile tunnel at the end of Boston's Deer Island waste treatment plant.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"[Text and color illustrations describe how toilet waste moves] through each stage of the sewage system, from the Sewer Flushers who unclog sewers to keep everything moving, to how dirty water is cleaned at the treatment plant. Furthermore, learn how sludge made from our poop can be recycled in many different ways--even generating electricity that powers your television!"--Provided by publisher."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One person uses more than 20,000 sheets of toilet paper each year. That means a family of four uses more than 80,000 sheets! But what happens to all that used tissue? Readers follow this and other waste through the toilet to discover this very answer! Full-color photographs and a simple graphic organizer aid readers' understanding of this everyday process, including an accessible description of common waste management. Including a brief history of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.