Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals and Design - Chapter 10

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# Chapter 10 Drinking Water Treatment

David W. Hand and Qiong Zhang

## Water treatment processes

Drinking water treatment plant Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

At its simplest level, drinking water treatment seeks to remove turbidity (solids) and pathogens. Additional treatment may be applied to deal with specific problems, e.g. hardness and chemical contamination. The description of drinking water treatment which follows addresses the turbidity and pathogen issues and includes five steps: coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection. Each of these terms will be defined and described in the following pages.

Take a tour of the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan drinking water treatment plant.

#### Credits

Saskatoon Water Treatment Plant photo: Mark Keller. Used with permission.
Treatment illustration: © 2007 State of Michigan.

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