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Find out how the sewage in your locality is treated. Are there mechanisms in place to ensure that local water bodies are not polluted by untreated sewage?

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We have underground drainage system in our city. The interconnected drainage lines take away sewage to distantly place where sewage treatment plant is located. Here it is treated.
Sewage is not allowed to pollute the local water bodies. It is first treated in sewage treatment plant, during this the treated water is disinfected through chlorination, water is then used for irrigation.
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