MICR 300 Field Trip to Hyperion Departure –CSULA, Parking Lot 4, 9:50 am on March 1 st, 2010 –Class General Release Form and Minor Release Form must be signed and an emergency contact provided prior to boarding Return Arrival Time –CSULA, Parking Lot 4, 1:50 pm on March 1 st, 2010 Clothing: Closed toe shoes Food: You can bring a “brown bag lunch” for consumption on the bus. No food is allowed on the plant. Plant Location –Hyperion Treatment Plant, Gate C, Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey Contact at Hyperion: –Nancy Carr ( )

Bus Boarding: Parking Lot 4

Please Come Prepared to the Trip: dsems/flowchart/flowchart.html 1.What are the various steps for waste water treatment? 2.What chemicals are used for the initial treatment? 3.What microorganisms are used in the aerobic secondary treatment and by which means are they settled to the ground? 4.What microbes are put to work in the digesters (anaerobic secondary treatment for the insoluble material from primary treatment)?