The final step for the wastewater before it is discharged into the Delaware River is disinfection.  For years, chlorine gas was used as the disinfectant.  However, storing the gas on site is very dangerous, as chlorine gas is extremely toxic.  Fairly recently, the Easton WWTP switched over to sodium hypochlorite as its disinfectant of choice.  The two top pictures are rather self explanatory.  The bottom two are the chlorination basins (L), and a sample of the water that is released into the Delaware (R).
 

So, you made it through the wastewater treatment process.  Wasn't that ?  The once-filthy water has been treated and sent downstream via the Delaware.  So what happens next?  If people don't use the water right out of a wastewater treatment plant, or directly out of the river, where do they get it?

The people of the Easton area get their drinking water from the Easton Water Treatment Plant.  The treatment process is fundamentally different from the wastewater treatment process, so let's go through it step by step as well.....  Click on the flowing faucet to begin your trip through the Easton WTP.