L2_WATER Flashcards
a combination of two elementary substances hydrogen and oxygen
water
3 sources of water
- Rain fall
- Natural Surface
- Underground water
water from streams, rivers and lakes, ponds
Natural surface
deep and shallow wells
Underground water
Methods of purification and treatment of water
- Sedimentation
- Chemical Treatments
- Filtration
- Aeration
articles of matters that are suspended in the water are allowed to stay in a container so that they will settle in the bottom, then drawing the water out,
leaving these sediments in the container.
Sedimentation
given to kill the harmful bacterias present and to cure the turbid taste or mudtaste, remove clay, salts, iron etc. commonly used chemical is chlorine.
Chemical treatments
water are filtered on various processes, so as to remove the particles of vegetable matter, mud, and other particles of matter present in the water, most commonly used materials are sand and gravel.
Filtration
Two Process
1. Slow process
2. Mechanical or rapid process
raw water is made to pass on pipes tiny sieves and exposed to air of fine mist.
Aeration
wells excavated from hand
for shallow water
Dug Wells
Wells sunk by machine
when water is tapped from the fissures
Deep wells
Driven