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2. Water purification - Wikipedia

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   The practice of water treatment soon became mainstream and common, and the virtues of the system were made starkly apparent after the investigations of the physician John Snow during the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak. Snow was sceptical of the then-dominant miasma theory that stated that diseases were caused by noxious "bad airs".

3. Water treatment - Wikipedia

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   Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant, Washington, D.C. Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, including being safely returned to the environment.

4. Point of use water filter - Wikipedia

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   Point of use water filters are used in individual houses or offices to provide filtration of potable water close to the point of consumption. [1] The related topic, point-of-use water treatment describes full-scale water treatment options and technologies designed to serve communities when municipal water treatment fails or is unavailable.

5. Should You Drink Tap Water? What Experts Say About ... - AOL

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   2. Learn more about your local water supply. Every community water supplier is required to send you a Consumer Confidence Report that provides information about your local drinking water quality ...

6. List of wastewater treatment technologies - Wikipedia

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   Sedimentation (water treatment) Septic tank; Septic tank conversion [2] Sequencing batch reactor; Sewage treatment; Skimmer (machine) Slow sand filter; Stabilization pond; Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) Thermal hydrolysis; Treatment pond; Trickle-bed reactor; Trickling filter; Ultrafiltration; Ultraviolet disinfection; Upflow anaerobic ...

7. Slow sand filter - Wikipedia

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   Slow sand filters are recognized by the World Health Organization, [15] Oxfam, [16] and the United States Environmental Protection Agency [17] as being a superior technology for the treatment of surface water sources in small water systems. According to the World Health Organization, "Under suitable circumstances, slow sand filtration may be ...