{"id":2799,"date":"2020-10-28T13:41:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2799"},"modified":"2024-01-24T02:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T02:02:04","slug":"water-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Water treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2799\" class=\"elementor elementor-2799\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f51137 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f51137\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc5caad\" 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data-id=\"96b119c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Water Scarcity<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d55e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"1d55e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-water-scarcity-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2830 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/global-water-scarcity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Global water scarcity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2829 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-terms\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water scarcity terms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2828 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-freshwater\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Freshwater?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2827 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-water-cycle-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The water cycle<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2826 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-treatment\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water treatment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2825 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/threats-to-water-supply\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Threats to water supply<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2824 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-water-scarcity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of water scarcity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2823 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/preserving-freshwater\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Preserving freshwater<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2822 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water scarcity factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1d922b 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Surface water is more often treated rigorously than underground water, as it has fewer contaminants.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The diagram below shows a simple water treatment process for surface water.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2895\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2895\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/water-treatment-process.jpg\" alt=\"Simple illustration of a water treatment process\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/water-treatment-process.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/water-treatment-process-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/water-treatment-process-370x265.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simple illustration of a water treatment process<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Coagulation stage:<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alum and other chemicals are introduced to the water at this stage. Suspended particles get stuck to the chemicals to form\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">floc<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Sedimentation Stage:<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As particles get stuck to the chemicals, they become heavy and sink to the bottom of the chamber. At this stage, most of the particles are stuck to form sediments, sinking to the bottom. The water is moved into the Filtration chamber.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Filtration stage:<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As water passes slowly through this chamber, finer particles (sediments) are filtered over layers of sand, charcoal, and gravel.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Disinfection stage:<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chlorine or other kinds of disinfection methods are applied to kill any bacteria and other living organisms that may be in the water. It is very normal and natural for freshwater to contain living organisms.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Storage stage<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The water is then passed into large storage tanks and left for a while for the action of disinfection to be complete. 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