water purification: Quick Facts

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Diagram of a water treatment plant showing the process from water inlet through mixing, coagulation, flocculation, settling, filtering, chemical treatment with chlorine, storage, and high-lift pumping to the distribution system.

water purification plant

Diagram showing the municipal water treatment process, with water flowing from a natural source through intake screens, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and finally distribution as purified water, with waste removed at various stages.

rapid-filter water treatment facility

Two large pipes discharge polluted, muddy water, illustrating water contamination and environmental pollution.

How is sewage and industrial wastewater reclaimed for use?

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Edward Frankland

Sir Edward Frankland

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