Tours
Ever wonder where it all goes after you flush the toilet? Tours are a chance to see, hear and smell firsthand how wastewater takes a journey from “flush to fresh.”
The District offers public tours on the first Friday of each month at noon and group tours (such as school groups, volunteer groups, workplaces) on request. Advance registration required for all tours.
Shop One Building Improvements
As the Shop One building moves towards a flexible, community-oriented space, see the building improvements that have already started the transformation.
Effluent Building Outreach Amenities
Over the past 30 years, the District has welcomed >33,000 visitors to the plant for tours. For many, the terminal tour stop was the most memorable highlight of the whole tour. This room, in the Final Effluent Building dubbed ‘the fish room’, because of the fish tank of effluent with live, local fish from the district’s effluent return creeks, showcased the direct connection between wastewater treatment processes and the environment.
As a result of upgrades to UV processes within the building in 2020, the fish room became the primary point of entry for construction and what little educational materials were present were dismantled.
Beginning in 2023 (and expected to be completed by end of 2025), this room and possibly adjacent spaces will be reconstructed with creative design to convey the connectedness of all water resources, empowers diverse water stewards, engage imagination, and make the invisible visible.
