What happens after you flush: Rhode Island offers new tour of 'facilities'

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ­-- Ever wonder what happens after you yank the chain on the old commode? Rhode Island is offering educational programs and tours of several wastewater treatment facilities during what its dubbed the first annual "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month."

As part of the festivities, the Narragansett wastewater operators team, "Fecal Matters," also will compete in a national latrine-treating skills contest in Chicago against last year's champions, the Rocky Mountain "Commode Commandos."