water treatment plants

Municipal filtration centers

Water treatment plants are facilities that process water to make it safe for drinking or to clean wastewater before releasing it back into the environment.

Drinking water plants remove contaminants and add disinfectants; wastewater plants process sewage and industrial discharge.

The city built a new water treatment plant to handle population growth.

Related

sludge · cryptosporidium · EPA standards · boil advisory · public utility · filtration · sedimentation · flocculation · flow · coagulation · chlorine · biosolids · hydrology · reverse osmosis · disinfection · grit · aeration · screens

Categories
Opposites
contamination vs. purification

water treatment plantspollution sources

Origins of environmental contamination

polluters · chemical spills · landfills · oil refineries

water processing function

water treatment plantsdesalination plants

Facilities converting seawater to freshwater

natural springs · aquifers · wells · water towers

processing stage

water treatment plantswastewater treatment plants

Facilities cleaning municipal effluent

sewage treatment plants · septic systems

Family

plant, water, treatment

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G