Modern Marvels
Modern Marvels
Sewers 12 Season 37 Episode
A simple flush and itโs forgotten. But havenโt you secretly wondered where it all goes when we go? Join us as we explore this less-than-polite topic, and examine the network of underground pipes and tunnels that carries human waste and excess storm water away. From ancient Romeโs pristine sewage-conveying systems, through the disease-spreading, out-the-window system of Europe in the Middle Ages, and into the progressive sanitation engineering of the 19th and 20th centuries, we go with the flow of sewage history. And we sift through the flotsam and jetsam of our citiesโ sewer systems and delve into the sewers of Paris, Boston, and Los Angeles to study waste managementโs evolution. We meet a sewer diver (and his robotic counterpart) who inspects and ensures the efficient operation of the conduits; decipher the myths about โtreasuresโ and creatures found in the murky depths; and find out exactly where it goes, how it gets there, and how weโve learned to use it to our benefit.
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