On the 8th of May, 2017, we went to the water treatment plant in 
Birsfelden called Ara Birs. Basel (Switzerland) has five(5) bigger 
plants and 22 smaller ones. The first two that was built in a very long 
time was built in the year 1963 and 1977 and was renovated and 
re-modernized in 2007. The company's name Ara Birs was derived from a 
river called Aare which passes through Bern, Solothun and Aargau and its
 mouth enters the Rhein river. They recycle rain water, waste water from
 habitat and water from roadside. The waste water of about 1000 habitat 
goes to Ara Birs for treatment.During raining season, they are able to 
collect about 4000 cubic meter of water everyday for treatment.
The
 recycling goes through 4 processing, first it goes through mechanical 
cleaning, where bigger particles are separated from the water then from 
there it goes through another mechanical cleaning where smaller 
particles are separated from the water and to the chemical processing 
where more oxygen is added to the water and in the next process the 
water is allowed to settle and some of the sewage sludge that settled is
 collected into the digester chamber to produce methane gas to produce 
about 40% of electricity they use. They have solar panels all round that
 produces about 25% to 30% of electricity and in all they produce about 
65 to 70% themselves. We were also favored by one of their bosses who 
decided to buy us three tickets to watch F.C. Basel soccer match on 
Sunday. We came home from there.
After
 supper we went to Auntie Regula's farm to see what they do there. It 
was really nice. The whole family are hard workers. The dad, the mum and
 the children. We saw the fat cows they had, the fat dog and cats, the 
fat and sporty horses, the rabbits and how the milk was taken from this 
fat cows. The machines and the processes used there were beautiful. We 
had the chance to taste some cold fresh milk and to ride on the horse 
back. It was really fun. All the cows had there names and even the dog 
was called Deeva, it was lovely. On the farm, nothing goes waste, the 
water from the home of the farmer and his children which is on the farm 
goes into a big tank and its used to water the the plants to be sold and
 the grasses to feed the animals during summer. The droppings of the 
cows are used as manure to fertilize the land for planting. The milk of 
the cows collected are sold and they are able to collect about 1400 
litre s of milk per day.
After there I went to play soccer with DEF.C.
