Waste water treatment

Cards (26)

  • What is the main focus of this video?
    How wastewater is treated
  • What is potable water?
    Water that is safe to drink
  • What percentage of water is used for drinking?
    A small percentage
  • What are some uses of water besides drinking?
    Personal hygiene, flushing toilets, washing clothes
  • What does wastewater contain?
    Organic molecules and harmful microorganisms
  • Why must wastewater be treated before release?
    To remove harmful substances
  • What is the first stage of wastewater treatment?
    Sewage is screened through a mesh
  • What happens to sewage after screening?
    It settles in large sedimentation tanks
  • What is produced after sewage settles?
    Liquid effluent and semi-solid sludge
  • What happens to the sludge?
    It is digested by anaerobic bacteria
  • What do anaerobic bacteria produce?
    Biogas
  • How can biogas be used?
    It can be burned for electricity
  • What must be done to the liquid effluent before discharge?
    Reduce organic molecules and microorganisms
  • How is oxygen introduced to the liquid effluent?
    By bubbling air through it
  • What do aerobic bacteria do in the treatment process?
    They digest organic molecules and microorganisms
  • Where can treated liquid effluent be discharged?
    Into nearby rivers or the sea
  • What is a common use of water in industry?
    Making paper and chemicals
  • What must be removed from industrial wastewater?
    Harmful chemicals
  • What can treated sewage be used for in some parts of the world?
    To produce potable water
  • Why is producing potable water from wastewater not common in the UK?
    It requires many purification steps
  • What is the easiest source of potable water?
    Groundwater from aquifers
  • What must be done to groundwater from aquifers before drinking?
    It needs to be treated with chlorine
  • What can pollute aquifers?
    Fertilizers from farms
  • What is required to produce potable water from salt water?
    Desalination
  • What is a drawback of desalination?
    It requires a lot of energy
  • Where can students find more questions on wastewater treatment?
    In the vision workbook