Upper settling basins, Minne-Lusa Station, Omaha Water Works System, Omaha, Neb.
Description
Color postcard (13.5 x 9 cm) with a view entitled Upper Settling Basins, Minne-Lusa Station; Omaha Water Works System, Omaha, Neb. in red type on the top of the image. The view is looking at water running over a series of steps into a settling basin at a lower level lined with cement blocks. In the distance to the right is a small red building.
The settling basins near the Minne Lusa Pumping Station occupied a narrow strip of land along the eastern extent of Florence owned by the Metropolitan Utilities District. Through the series of settling basins, the muddy water of the Missouri River is filtered and made pure for human consumption. The foreign matter is allowed to settle to the bottom of the first basin and the clear water on top flows in the second basin. The process of sedimentation is repeated in the next basins with the water finally flowing through the filter plant where the remaining matter is removed then pumped through the pumping station to the city mains. Debris was removed daily from the settling basins. Source: Federal Writers Project, Nebraska. Omaha: A Guide to the City and Environs. Omaha: Omaha Public Library, 1981, p. 149.
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