Water Treatment Flashcards
1
Q
What is potable water?
A
Water that is safe to drink
2
Q
Give 3 methods of treating water to remove microorganisms
A
adding chlorine, ozone or using using UV light
3
Q
How could you convert natural water to drinking water
A
- Pass it through filter beds i.e. Settlement tank, followed by
- Distillation
- Reverse Osmosis
4
Q
How can you test if water is pure?
A
pH test
5
Q
WHy is supermarket water not pure
A
Not jsut h20
6
Q
Give a problem with reverse Osmosis and distillation
A
Uses lots of energy
