The wastewater treatment plant and distribution system of water mains, pumping stations and storage facilities provide water to approximately 62,000 customers in the city. There is also a wastewater treatment plant located on the south bank of the James River. This plant can treat up to 70 million gallons of water per day of sanitary sewage and stormwater before returning it to the river. The wastewater utility also operates and maintains 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of sanitary sewer and pumping stations, 38 miles (61 km) of intercepting sewer lines, and the Shockoe Retention Basin, a 44-million-gallon stormwater reservoir used during heavy rains. COUNT 4
QSN1 How many kilometers of sewer lines exist in Richmond? ANS1 61 QSN2 How much water is contained in Shockoe Retention Basin? ANS2 44-million-gallon QSN3 How many Richmond inhabitants get their water from the wastewater treatment plant? ANS3 62,000 QSN4 How much sewage and stormwater can the treatment plant adjacent to the James River treat daily? ANS4 70 million gallons