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An aquifer is a formation of underground rock, earth, or gravel. Aquifers supply water to wells or springs. People that tap into aquifers for their water, typically need water softeners and filters to make their water less cloudy and to remove minerals that make their drinking water small and taste bad.
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Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms that can live as an independent organism or as a parasite. These bacteria can cause health problems. Purifying water your drinking water can filter out harmful bacteria.
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The calcium ions present in hard water.
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A clarifier is a device for filtering water that looks like a huge swimming pool. Clarifiers are typically used in industrial applications.
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Distillation is a process used in which water is evaporated and then collected as a condensation in order to purify that water.
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A filter is a screening device used to remove solids from liquids. These filters trap dirt, bacteria, sludge, and everything bad during the water treatment process.
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The intake is the point where a fluid is admitted into a channel or pipe to be processed in the water treatment plant.
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A non-point source is pollution that occurs when rainfall, snowmelt, or irrigation runs over land or through the ground, picks up pollutants, and deposits them into rivers, lakes, and coastal waters or introduces them into groundwater. Using an at-home water-treatment system for your drinking, for example, will remove any non-point source pollution, whether you're on city or well water.
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Water that isn’t suitable for drinking.
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An oligotrophic is a lake or pond lacks plant nutrients.
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Pollution entering the environment at a specific site, such as a factory dumping industrial waste into a lake.
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Water that is suitable for drinking. Potable water may or may not be filtered. When you install a drinking-water-purification system from our water-filter company in St. Pete, for example, the water from that tap will be potable.
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A reservoir can be either natural or manmade. For example, a reservoir water could be in a storage tank that holds a one- to two-day supply of drinking water, or a natural or manmade pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.
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Runoff is rain or melted snow that does not get absorbed in the soil and flows into a stream, lake, river, or ocean.
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Sewage is solid and liquid waste that is carried away by pipes, from homes and other buildings, and into the sewer.
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A sewer is a wastepipe that carries away any wastewater or drainage water.
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A waste stabilization pond is a pond that is either natural or manmade, that receives raw or partially treated sewage or waste, in which stabilization occurs through sunlight, air, and microorganisms. Some municipal water-treatment systems use these ponds in their water-treatment process.
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Wastewater is water that goes down the drain or toilet.
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Water treatment is the process of cleaning water for specific reasons, such as to remove chemicals, minerals, or pollutants from drinking water.
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A well is a shaft, pit, or hole that is dug into the ground in order to tap an underground supply of water for use.
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