potable water

Cards (7)

  • potable water is safe to drink
  • potable water is extracted from ground water and surface water
  • filtration methods filter clean water as wire mesh filters twigs and leaves
  • sterilisation kills harmful bacteria
  • desalination filters water as salty water is heated with causing water to evaporate leaving the salt behind
  • the fresh steam will enter a condenser and condemse back into liquid
  • clean water is then collected and tested to see ph and salts left behind can form crystals