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Segovia aqueduct
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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.
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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.
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