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Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids

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How is water cleaned by municipalities?<br />

Do you have running water in your home? If you have, you are very<br />

fortunate, because many South Africans do not.<br />

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Clean water coming out of the tap.<br />

South African municipal water is generally clean <strong>and</strong> fresh, <strong>and</strong><br />

safe to drink. How does it get that way? This section tells the story<br />

of how water is treated.<br />

The water from a tap does not start out clean <strong>and</strong> fresh. It may<br />

come from a river or adam, or it may even be waste water that<br />

was used by a community or in afactory.<br />

The process of cleaning the water is called water treatment, <strong>and</strong><br />

the place where it happens is called a water treatment plant.<br />

So what exactly happens at a typical water treatment plant?<br />

Chapter 6. Processes to purify water<br />

VISIT<br />

Purifying water while<br />

hiking (video).<br />

goo.gl/LEB5J<br />

VISIT<br />

Fun activity to get you<br />

thinking about water,<br />

<strong>and</strong> where it goes<br />

once we have used it.<br />

goo.gl/eh8ke<br />

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