Drinking water treatment

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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.

Texts

 * 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 Water Treatment Engineering Lessons

 * Characteristics of Drinking water
 * 1) Temperature
 * 2) Density
 * 3) Salinity
 * 4) Turbidity
 * 5) Chemistry
 * 1) Chemistry


 * Drinking water sources
 * 1) Groundwater
 * 2) Mineral contamination
 * 3) Anthropogenic contamination
 * 4) Surface-water
 * 5) Desalination
 * 1) Desalination


 * Drinking water filtration
 * 1) Conventional Filtration
 * 2) Agglomeration
 * 3) Sedimentation
 * 4) Filtration
 * 5) Microfiltration
 * 6) Ultrafiltration
 * 7) Nanofiltration
 * 1) Nanofiltration


 * Drinking water disinfection
 * 1) Oxidation
 * 2) Chloramination
 * 3) Inactivation
 * 1) Inactivation

Study guide:

 * Physical Properties of Drinking water
 * 1) Wikipedia article:Temperature
 * 2) Wikipedia article:Density
 * 3) Wikipedia article:Salinity
 * 4) Wikipedia article:Chemistry


 * Drinking water disinfection
 * 1) Wikipedia article:Disinfection
 * 2) Wikipedia article:Sphagnum (per "Man vs. Wild")
 * 3) Wikipedia article:Moringa oleifera