Archive:Drinking water treatment

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Water purification systems at Bret Lake, Switzerland.

Content summary

Herein we first explore the subject of drinking water, focusing on the physical characteristics and the natural processes involved. Then we apply these studies to the engineering of devices to treat water so that it becomes wholesome and potable.

Learning Materials

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• General Biology; Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection
• Cell Biology; Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection
• Biochemistry; Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection
• General Chemistry; Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection

Drinking Treatment Engineering Lessons

• Characteristics of Drinking water

2. Temperature
3. Density
4. Salinity
5. Chemistry

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• Physical Properties of the Oceans

1. Wikipedia article:Temperature
2. Wikipedia article:Density
3. Wikipedia article:Salinity
4. Wikipedia article:Chemistry

References

Additional helpful readings include:

• MIT OCW - Water treatment course
• MIT OCW - Environmental health course

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