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Davis Wastewater Hunt
What do you, your neighbors and the City wetlands all have in common? We are connected through our elaborate wastewater system. This often invisible infrastructure lies beneath our entire city, supporting everyday tasks like cooking, cleaning, and washing. Where do you notice this important part of our city? Hunt for evidence of our wastewater infrastructure in the City of Davis.
Post your photos of what is interesting about wastewater treatment to you on social media, using the tag #daviswastewaterhunt, and make sure you photos are shareable with the public. We’ll share some of the best examples on the City website and social media.
To Participate
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Hunt for evidence of our wastewater infrastructure in the City of Davis.
Hint: your shower drain, toilet, maintenance covers, bathtub, pump stations, cleanout, the Davis wetlands, sewer lines, and lots more, including your very own kitchen sink! To learn more, visit www.cityofdavis.org/wastewater
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Post your photos of what is interesting about wastewater treatment to you on social media, using the tag #daviswastewaterhunt. We’ll share some of the best examples on the City website and social media.
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Follow the citywide Wastewater Hunt throughout the summer and fall to learn more about how our community and environment are connected through this vital infrastructure.
There will be prizes for the most creative posts!
The Davis Wastewater Hunt is open to everyone in the City of Davis from June- September, 2022. This fun activity seeks to create collective awareness around the City's wastewater infrastructure and to inform a special new public art initiative connected with the Wastewater Treatment Plant, beginning in the fall of 2022.
The Davis Wastewater Treatment Plant serves more than 70,000 people, including residential connections and commercial, industrial and institutional customers. The wastewater infrastructure includes 164 miles of gravity sewers, 3,224 maintenance holes and six pump stations. The Plant produces high quality treated wastewater that is discharged to the Willow Bypass with a portion released into the Davis wetlands to support habitat, benefiting wildlife and humans alike. For more information, visit the WWTP webpage.
The City of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs Program and Civic Arts Commission selected the multi-disciplinary studio Cheng + Snyder to design this community engagement piece that will ultimately inform subsequent WWTP public art work. This will be the first phase of a larger public art initiative made possible by the 1% for the Arts funding (Davis Municipal Code 15.06 Art in Public Works Fund Allocation) associated with the recent Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) Facilities Improvement. Future public art in this broader project will highlight the City’s new facility and challenge the way our population thinks about wastewater.