"Underground: How Millions of Gallons of Wastewater Are Cleaned," Telemundo Chicago

Telemundo Chicago: Cicero, IL (WSNS) -- Garbage, foul odors, and toxic fumes: the work behind wastewater treatment

The Stickney plant processes approximately 550 million gallons of wastewater daily using a complex system.

Santiago Gallego of Telemundo Chicago, at left, interviews Felipe Valdez, a Treatment Plant Operator II, at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Cicero, Illinois, on Aug. 11 for the Spanish-language news segment “En Tus Zapatos” (“In Your Shoes”). Gallego wears a red hard hat, navy polo shirt, jeans and gloves, while Valdez wears a white hard hat, gray shirt and work pants. They stand on concrete pavement surrounded by wastewater treatment equipment, with brick plant buildings in the background.

Telemundo Chicago’s “En Tus Zapatos” ("In Your Shoes") with Santiago Gallego features a behind-the-scenes look at the MWRD’s Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and a day in the life of a Treatment Plant Operator II. The segment is in Spanish.

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