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Whoa. what is that? that s toilet paper? toilet paper. as the waste water flows from the plant, it gets cleaner in each process. where we just came from, not clean at all. taking out toilet paper and other things like that. down here, not so clean. but cleaner. reporter: yeah. it doesn t smell good yet. reporter: no. as we move from this way out there, it gets cleaner and cleaner. that s right. reporter: at this point, this is the beginning of the february? beginning of february. reporter: not to be gross, but is that poop on the top of the water? it s the mixture of millions and millions of bacteria that are growing in there. one big culture. what we do here is normally, what happens in a natural environment. we just add the air and just ....
The u.v. light enhanced with the chlorine is going to destroy everything that might have gotten through the reverse system. reporter: if there s any virus, up inside the water if there s covid left, this machine is going to get rid of it? exactly. let s go taste the water. reporter: taste the water. the terminal island plant, has a tasting station, with two faucets to make comparisons. one goes to the households. and the other tap gives you the water that s purified in the plant. this is like wine tasting. this is the water that s delivered to my house, as a resident of the city of los angeles. delicious. okay. i ll put it right here. this is the water that started how many hours ago? about a day. about a day. the entire process, about a day. reporter: about a day ago, what i flushed down my toilet, has ended up with this? yeah. ....
yeah. that s pretty big. reporter: the control center, that beeping makes me nervous. is that a bad thing? mark? typically no. reporter: what is that beeping now? you were able to fix that? no. i m able to be aware. reporter: when the flow is off from the set point, what from consequences of that? it just happens. reporter: we re good? yeah. not too bad. reporter: that s untreated sewage. you re right. reporter: you re lucky this is not smell-o-vision. it doesn t smell particularly good. that smell, and the waste water and solids causing it. hundreds of millions of gallons every day. this is where the water is entering for the first time in the facility? this is fresh waste water? can with go there? ....
For your whole life, you ve lived as the closest house on the block to the 710 freeway. i remember one time when i was 7, 8, we were planting tomatoes and a tire chunk popped over and hit me in the back. in the yard while you were planting tomatoes? yeah, right over this wall because it s our backyard, and it hit me. and i remember picking it up and it was super hot. and my dad s like, don t touch it. so, yeah, it s right here, tire pops all the time, honking, house shaking. it shows that it s not as simple as people from the outside might think. like, you guys live and depend on the port for your job, but at the same time it s like a double-edged sword for sure. and so why do you say that? the money that s being made, the money that s being spent, paid to longshoremen, but also my health, suffering. people who live by the 710 freeway like camilla and ....
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