How Do Sewer Systems Work?

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2024

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  • @richdiscoveries
    @richdiscoveries 3 роки тому +70

    This is what I love about UA-cam. Im in my basement randomly looking at the sewer pipe thinking I'm on the side of a hill, and I believe the sewage treatment plant is on the other side of this hill. And even if it's not, not every sewage treatment plant could possibly be on the lowest portion of buildable land.
    They couldn't possibly dig all of our sewage through the middle of this mountain. How would it Go uphill to get over?
    Not even sure why I was thinking about that, I am no engineer, just an average mechanic. But whatever, I guess our minds are always going LOL but anyways this was exactly the video I was looking for, thank you very much

    • @MeaHeaR
      @MeaHeaR Рік тому

      é Power-Phull Aadmé

    • @ivanmoreno7355
      @ivanmoreno7355 Рік тому

      Well.... i might be crazy but sewer looks like a hoax to me.... in order to make sewer to works on slope gravity you will need in some areas to dig deep deep down and there is no excavators that can dig that deep... now using pumps as this video suggests i never seen sewer pipes in my life.

    • @MrSavageDOESITALL
      @MrSavageDOESITALL 3 місяці тому

      Yea u are crazy, humans can dig deep deep deep deep deep down its 2024 not 1924 ​@ivanmoreno7355

    • @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat
      @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat 34 хвилини тому

      They have lift stations. Practical engineering shows very good videos on the subject.

    • @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat
      @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat 32 хвилини тому

      Oh... I just got to the part of the video showing lift stations.

  • @jimthompson4258
    @jimthompson4258 4 роки тому +227

    Don’t flush wipes!!!!! They cause the majority of the problems that sewer maintenance workers have to deal with; plugged sewers & ragged pumps.

    • @cwuzii
      @cwuzii 3 роки тому +8

      Flushable wipes are fine.

    • @captainjackpugh6050
      @captainjackpugh6050 3 роки тому +17

      @@cwuzii No. They say that but they are wrong. Those get clogged too.

    • @cwuzii
      @cwuzii 3 роки тому +10

      @@captainjackpugh6050 how can they put it on the packaging if it’s not true? Isn’t false advertising illegal?

    • @captainjackpugh6050
      @captainjackpugh6050 3 роки тому +6

      @@cwuzii All I know is I remember an interview with a guy whose job was to unclog sewers, and he said that “flushable wipes” are bullshit and cause clogs in sewers all the time.

    • @captainjackpugh6050
      @captainjackpugh6050 3 роки тому +1

      @@cwuzii I remember a video about the fat bergs in London sewers

  • @12Hydrocarbon
    @12Hydrocarbon 4 роки тому +75

    Learned something new in Covid-19X era.

  • @pebbles9908
    @pebbles9908 4 роки тому +7

    Best explanation I've listened to yet.
    One guy I listened to just talked about stuff that had nothing to do with his subject.

  • @itsjustfaith
    @itsjustfaith 5 років тому +15

    wow,you saved my life. needed to know this stuff in short time and found your video

  • @samermagdy2333
    @samermagdy2333 5 років тому +79

    i was watching you expecting a 10 million subs or something but you will get there just keep the really good work .

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +10

      Thanks! We literally just hit 10k 20 minutes ago. Hopefully we keep on growing!🤞🏻

    • @___Zack___
      @___Zack___ 4 роки тому +3

      @@ConcerningReality Great content, seriously. Though I can't help but cringe a little when I hear "whudder" instead of "water"! Haha

    • @sarmanjodhka6357
      @sarmanjodhka6357 4 роки тому

      @@ConcerningReality That isn't much of a concerning reality! (That was a bad joke, wasn't it)

    • @sumantmishra3207
      @sumantmishra3207 4 роки тому

      @@ConcerningReality Just to remind you, yes your channel is growing! All the best!

  • @VonTeradoc
    @VonTeradoc 5 років тому +9

    This is a nice primer for how sanitary sewer works, only part that grinds my gears as a stormwater nerd.... you showed storm drainage pipes & inlets a few times but the topic is highly pointed to sanitary sewer that is most the time completely separate systems.

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +3

      Lol yeah, I unfortunately had limited copyright free video to work with. I guess people don’t find sewer systems as fascinating as we do? 😂

  • @someone3.2007
    @someone3.2007 3 роки тому +25

    "When you don't have to deal with your neighbor's Shhiii- waste"

  • @steveclark5043
    @steveclark5043 3 роки тому +10

    Thanks for delivering such an exciting video. I hope to see more great videos like this in the future and keep the good work going on.

  • @wassunoor8678
    @wassunoor8678 2 роки тому +2

    Good presentation, animation and information.
    Any Civil engineers here ..thumps up folks he is one of us..

  • @johnmeye
    @johnmeye 5 років тому +4

    Very easy to watch, very clear

  • @thomasgary1219
    @thomasgary1219 9 місяців тому +1

    My wife and I were having a very productive conversation about what happens to our dookie after we flush the commode. Well what do you know, there are several videos about sewage and 💩💩💩 and where the little fellas end up at. Very informative video.

  • @dhare07
    @dhare07 Рік тому +1

    I never flush the wipes. They don't dissolve fast enough and cause the system to back up. It's best to just throw them away. Thanks for this video.

  • @zamira.
    @zamira. 2 роки тому +2

    it was very helpful. thank you!

  • @accountedknots10
    @accountedknots10 5 років тому +7

    You deserve so many more subs dude. Liked, shared and subscribed. very high quality and detailed content

  • @jsamc
    @jsamc 5 років тому +15

    I contributed to this video. Thank you very much !

  • @HarrisWaterandSewer
    @HarrisWaterandSewer 3 роки тому +2

    Live the video! Clear, concise and to the point! Thank you for sharing

  • @iselahoenigmann4327
    @iselahoenigmann4327 2 роки тому +3

    This is amazing!!!

  • @lukevop7689
    @lukevop7689 5 років тому +8

    Love these videos! The animation is great! Hope to see more like this soon!

  • @EM1R8T1961
    @EM1R8T1961 2 роки тому

    I was a city electrician and we had 6 lift stations. Always made sure to show the new guy's the brown trout races or scupper trout if you prefer.

  • @rockit2017
    @rockit2017 5 років тому +20

    Nice video :) I don't know how much of your viewers live outside of America, but it'd be easier for me to have metric units next to the imperial ones.

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +2

      Ah! We try to do that on every video but I guess it got left out on this one 😕 next time!😉

    • @rockit2017
      @rockit2017 5 років тому +1

      @@ConcerningReality I see ^^ Since this is one of the first videos I've watched on this channel I missed out on that. :) Thanks for your reply

    • @nicksaville7993
      @nicksaville7993 4 роки тому

      @@rockit2017 The industry in North America still mainly works with the imperial system. 25mm for every inch will give you the nominal size in metric units.

  • @Jhost90
    @Jhost90 3 роки тому +1

    So much needed to know this

  • @Yojax
    @Yojax 4 роки тому +13

    Awesome vid. My question is, how did this all get installed in ancient cities like those in Europe where the infrastructure hasn’t changed much in a very long time? (Venice, for example)

    • @vperkv6554
      @vperkv6554 3 роки тому +1

      The sewer systems are near rivers, they linked them with bored out the center wood or concrete ( ancient rome) n it flowed out (usually) from the river out to sea

  • @musicisbrilliant
    @musicisbrilliant 4 роки тому +1

    Wow. I was ignorant about much of this. Thank you.

  • @MurrayDancey
    @MurrayDancey 5 років тому +4

    Nice work! I think Sewer pump stations are often located away from people because they tend to smell....but they are often located near houses in any case...I’ve not heard of one exploding!

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +1

      Thanks! Yeah the smell can be dangerous and that's why they're usually not close... the explosions do happen though and I included them for some dramatic flare :)

    • @exoressdelivers70
      @exoressdelivers70 3 роки тому

      There's one in the alley right behind my house. Hate it.

  • @ahmadfauzanbagaskoro7642
    @ahmadfauzanbagaskoro7642 2 роки тому

    0:16 that sudden music change tho 😂😂😂

  • @alishokr9643
    @alishokr9643 4 роки тому +1

    GOOD EXPLANATION/ THANK YOU

  • @MacStoker
    @MacStoker 5 років тому +5

    video quality deserves a lot more subs mate.
    i liked the line of turd beasts haha

  • @goravdyan3414
    @goravdyan3414 5 років тому +5

    As always... Nice presentation.... 👍

  • @MomAsol
    @MomAsol 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing

  • @BossFloYeaLike
    @BossFloYeaLike 2 роки тому

    Thank you!

  • @JohnShinn1960
    @JohnShinn1960 7 місяців тому

    If sludge is used for fertilzer for the farming of food products, how do they remove the toxic chemicals used in products such as laundry detergent, drain cleaners/uncloggers and so on?

  • @ghazipursabjimandidelhi1335
    @ghazipursabjimandidelhi1335 3 роки тому

    Wonderful information, grabbing from india!

  • @ocantu1987
    @ocantu1987 5 років тому +1

    what a great video! I work for a civil engineering firm doing drawings. I worked on drawings for a lift station not having a clue what a "Lift station" is haha.

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +1

      Fantastic! I’m a civil engineer, I worked as a drafter on the same stuff for about a year but went the marketing route. I now work for a CAD company (likely the software you use for civil drafting) but do UA-cam on the side 🙂 oh and thank you by the way✌🏻

    • @ocantu1987
      @ocantu1987 5 років тому +1

      @@ConcerningReality yup, im a drafter too. I have previously worked doing electrical substation drawings and I finally got into Civil with my current job. I got to say I like civil engineering a whole lot more!

  • @RedCandles_
    @RedCandles_ Рік тому

    Humans are f’n amazing

  • @harshalmore5394
    @harshalmore5394 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for awareness 👍👌

  • @Mr.Lawton534
    @Mr.Lawton534 5 років тому +1

    India needs to see this.

    • @matzk0840
      @matzk0840 5 років тому

      the Indians? you guys in the US pump the purified water back into rivers and lakes... like wtf why? just look at european Wastewater Treatment Plants!

  • @sam3kperv
    @sam3kperv Рік тому

    I truly and sincerely respect the people who have to put up with this Sh#T! 🙏

  • @user-ki5xx9gt8o
    @user-ki5xx9gt8o 7 місяців тому

    Bhai logo ko hagne ke siwaye aur bhi kaam hote hai.......BTW nice video bro😂😂

  • @waspwrap1235
    @waspwrap1235 Місяць тому +1

    3-5 ft = 0.9-1.5 m

  • @waspwrap1235
    @waspwrap1235 Місяць тому +1

    6-12 in = 15-30 cm

  • @Angie2343
    @Angie2343 2 роки тому

    Mario and Luigi have quite the job.

  • @macanthony1982
    @macanthony1982 3 роки тому +12

    PSA: There is no such thing as flushable wipes

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  3 роки тому +1

      Yes, they cause a TON of problems.

    • @rmg2419
      @rmg2419 3 роки тому

      Tampons and ginormous turds can flush, but not wipes??

    • @macanthony1982
      @macanthony1982 3 роки тому +1

      @@rmg2419 tampons are not supposed to go in the toilet either, fecal matter breaks down eventually

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  3 роки тому

      @@rmg2419 not supposed to flush tampons and turds disintegrate.

  • @blackmantis3130
    @blackmantis3130 2 роки тому +1

    This is just a great concept. Unfortunately in my country we don't have a sewage due to poor planning

  • @gwinnet3142
    @gwinnet3142 4 роки тому +1

    Useful video

  • @Rin-qj7zt
    @Rin-qj7zt 4 роки тому +4

    so like.. what did we do before we knew how to treat this waste?

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  4 роки тому +4

      It ran through the streets and people died 😬 water 4.0 is a great technical book on the topic if you’re really interested

    • @Rin-qj7zt
      @Rin-qj7zt 4 роки тому +2

      @@ConcerningReality thank you for the recommendation.

  • @shantilalparmar7261
    @shantilalparmar7261 5 років тому +1

    Nice useful Vedic thanks

  • @hmmmlemmesee7621
    @hmmmlemmesee7621 4 роки тому +6

    Sewer are sooo important to
    Pps
    If theres no sewer it stinks
    The end

  • @Alanpmm11
    @Alanpmm11 4 роки тому +12

    Too many people thinks that poo just disappear magically in the toilet pipes

  • @Wetfloorsign-tq9fk
    @Wetfloorsign-tq9fk 2 роки тому

    Wow just wow

  • @Professor3022
    @Professor3022 2 роки тому

    really miraculous!

  • @teknikkeairan6300
    @teknikkeairan6300 Рік тому

    I want to see the outlet. How it connect to water body. Is it designed to submerge or outfall.

  • @flexl9214
    @flexl9214 4 роки тому

    I helped with this video

  • @akajry5695
    @akajry5695 3 роки тому +2

    0:38 What body part is that?!

  • @jovanm7655
    @jovanm7655 5 років тому +3

    In our small town on balkans sewer goes to one colecting station and then into a river. Tipical environment pollution.

  • @kenroywalker5641
    @kenroywalker5641 3 роки тому +1

    Your cooking oils/grease don’t go in the drains or sinks either. Unless you want problems later.

  • @tsalt7547
    @tsalt7547 2 роки тому

    Good vid, but would have been nice to touch on vacuum sewage systems.

  • @pavee316
    @pavee316 Рік тому

    What does the treatment plant do

  • @landenevans4938
    @landenevans4938 5 років тому +5

    This narrator is wrong. Let me explain; I work in sewer maintenance And I have never once serviced a sewer at a house over 4in. And it's always 6in or 8in in the street until you go MUCH MUCH farther down the line until it reaches 3 to 5ft or sometimes larger. Thanks

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +5

      The sizing varies a lot based on area and flow. I tried to give general numbers for the untrained viewer🙂

    • @nicksaville7993
      @nicksaville7993 4 роки тому

      @@ConcerningReality Good video, but I've worked as a waterworks salesman in multiple municipalities and residential sewer service lines are 6" on the big side, 4-5" is standard.

    • @tylermadsen7004
      @tylermadsen7004 3 роки тому

      Municipal engineer here and agree with this guy. The video is wrong

  • @user-uz1si3fu1i
    @user-uz1si3fu1i 2 місяці тому

    Good 😊

  • @Rhike
    @Rhike 5 років тому +3

    Keep going with the content my dude, it's a slow grind but really helpful, I'll be resuming informative vids myself. (Gaming for me)

  • @qingdaobeisumachinery
    @qingdaobeisumachinery Рік тому

    We are professional manufacturers of Hdpe spiral drainage pipe extruder machines

  • @avocadoguacamola7872
    @avocadoguacamola7872 3 роки тому +5

    I'm here to write, pray for me 😭

  • @varun009
    @varun009 5 років тому +1

    Awesome video.

  • @juliawhitmore3991
    @juliawhitmore3991 3 роки тому +1

    would you believe I'm here because I'm preparing for my next dungeons and dragons session

  • @neno56527
    @neno56527 2 роки тому +1

    0:20 we still do it in our country 🤣😅 so i opened this video to see if its safe to use the sewage water for my farms crops ???

  • @Anneta_-zg9nc
    @Anneta_-zg9nc 2 роки тому

    I have a graden with couple of holes on the group , one of them is bigger and deeper
    My dogs tennis ball went inside and I cannot see it
    Is this dangerous??

  • @69elchupacabra69
    @69elchupacabra69 4 роки тому

    9.8m/s^2 is not gravity but the acceleration caused by the force of gravity

  • @stayso4py951
    @stayso4py951 3 роки тому

    The hell am I doing here
    But I’m glad I am here (:

  • @000Trauma
    @000Trauma 2 роки тому

    Me turning up to the KSP music:

  • @user-in1yw9ty5t
    @user-in1yw9ty5t 2 роки тому

    And for countryside does the septic tank do just fine.

  • @henrysmama2874
    @henrysmama2874 Рік тому +1

    Why are kids shows so fast paced? I can barely follow this as an adult.

  • @galaxyone3524
    @galaxyone3524 4 роки тому

    Lord.. Lord of Host, see us thru better days... Europe1

  • @Tony-1971
    @Tony-1971 4 роки тому

    In the uk we have an overflow system that in the event of heavy rain will see untreated human waste go directly into the sea.

    • @Slavicplayer251
      @Slavicplayer251 4 роки тому

      AESCULAPTORmark3 ah yes makes it easier to fish just pick em’ up of the surface

    • @Tony-1971
      @Tony-1971 4 роки тому +2

      @@Slavicplayer251
      Hahaha. It really does make you wonder what is absorbed into the fish we eat from the sea.

  • @Xyz-ju3em
    @Xyz-ju3em Рік тому

    I am watching this while pooping

  • @coleyounger3701
    @coleyounger3701 4 роки тому

    am I the only one who thinks the little cartoon pile of poop is sooooooo cute😋?

  • @kyriakosarrianas1561
    @kyriakosarrianas1561 4 роки тому +4

    But i dont get.,,when and how these pipes which transform the shit were made?how long are they? If each house connects with these pipes then each pipe would consists of thousands of kilometers!!can you explain this to me please?

    • @taylorreid5511
      @taylorreid5511 3 роки тому +2

      typically your house sewer pipe will connect to a larger pipe on your street that will pickup the shit from your neighborhood and that pipe will carry to a larger pipe until eventually it reaches the WWTP. these pipes are installed prior to the construction of the roadway & houses that it services.

  • @SuperLivvylove
    @SuperLivvylove 4 роки тому

    So that hot steam I put my hands on in the winter is really hot shit..?

  • @WanderingWolf365
    @WanderingWolf365 2 місяці тому

    I just dropped a huge turd, super thick and dense so I was wondering how it would travel to the treatment plant. - WW

  • @jonnboimuhfucka
    @jonnboimuhfucka 5 років тому +1

    Did u ask the Kerbals to use their theme song????

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому

      There’s a link in the description, this is actually royalty free 🙂

  • @LimitlessVibrations
    @LimitlessVibrations Місяць тому

    Use a bum gun!! No wipes and no clogs!

  • @RandolphTheWhite1
    @RandolphTheWhite1 4 роки тому +2

    Gravity is so amazing

    • @ACommenterOnYouTube
      @ACommenterOnYouTube 4 роки тому

      Its actually NOT amazing because it does NOT exist ... They got you good huh..??

    • @RandolphTheWhite1
      @RandolphTheWhite1 4 роки тому +3

      @@ACommenterOnUA-cam shut your useless mouth

    • @nikia5974
      @nikia5974 3 роки тому

      @@ACommenterOnUA-cam what do you mean it doesn't exist? What do you think is keeping us to the ground?

    • @ACommenterOnYouTube
      @ACommenterOnYouTube 3 роки тому

      @@nikia5974 what keeps us on the ground ?? The weight of your body .. MASS ..
      Do you FEEL a force pulling you down to the ground ??

  • @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat
    @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat Годину тому

    So we poop. It goes to a collection tank and makes methane which is then sold back to us??? Hmm.

  • @M-WRLD
    @M-WRLD 5 років тому +2

    We have to pressurize the poop

  • @blairedmonds6374
    @blairedmonds6374 3 роки тому

    nice KSP music

  • @Wetfloorsign-tq9fk
    @Wetfloorsign-tq9fk 2 роки тому

    Thank you for geting me fired :D

  • @finn7453
    @finn7453 3 роки тому

    Is that the KSP VAB music I hear!
    I think it is!!!

  • @Scarlet__23
    @Scarlet__23 2 роки тому

    I'm so confused where my poop go when I use the bus toilet ...
    IN A FUCKING TANK?

  • @jemsncrystals
    @jemsncrystals 4 роки тому

    Cant they use flammable gas as fuel to generate electricity?

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  4 роки тому +1

      They do often at the wastewater treatment plants! 🙂

  • @outcastgamer4506
    @outcastgamer4506 Рік тому +1

  • @meandmejk
    @meandmejk 3 роки тому

    you NEED to PRESSURISE the POOP

  • @onetoysunboxing
    @onetoysunboxing 5 років тому

    Ya

  • @nagendramishra8947
    @nagendramishra8947 2 роки тому

    Open canal system of old times was much cheaper and far better

  • @ZeolanRed
    @ZeolanRed 2 роки тому

    It makes me laugh the poop emoji🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @janganliatchannelini
    @janganliatchannelini 3 роки тому

    Thanks gravity

  • @CreationsByWill
    @CreationsByWill Рік тому

    No neighbors

  • @thomastrainsmore2010
    @thomastrainsmore2010 8 місяців тому

    Goldie fisher flauhes things, and so as lucas 💀

  • @sendysamson8719
    @sendysamson8719 3 роки тому

    Hmm

  • @Thogden96
    @Thogden96 3 роки тому +2

    Where my dookie go?

    • @rayjay3962
      @rayjay3962 3 місяці тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @liquidswordfish
    @liquidswordfish 4 роки тому +1

    Never heard in india...