Water Treatments

*Water sanitation:

Clean water, basic toilets and good hygiene practices are essential for the survival and development of children. Children’s lives are at risk without these basic needs. Every day, hundreds of children die because of the poor water quality and the shortage of sanitation and hygiene.

*Water treatments:  

Is the process that makes the water more acceptable for a specific use. This water treatments removes contaminants components and can reduce their concen

• Coagulation and Flocculation: are the first steps in a water treatment. Chemicals with a positive charge are added to the water; these chemicals neutralizes the negative charge of dissolved particles in the water. After that, the particles grab with the chemicals and together form larger particles (floc).
• Sedimentation: in this process the floc remains to the bottom of the water supply, because of its weight.
• Filtration: when the floc has fallen to the bottom of the recipe, the clear water on top will pass through the filters and pore sizes to remove dust, parasites and other dissolved particles.
• Disinfection: After the process of filtration the water has been filtered and a disinfectant is added to remove any kind of parasites, bacteria… that were not remove in the previously process. The disinfectant is used to protect the water from virus.
• Sludge Drying: solids that are collected from the water are removed to drying lagoons.
• PH Corrector: a piece of lime is added to the filtered water to adjust the PH and consolidate the naturally soft water to minimise corrosion in the distribution system.

*Potable water:

It comes from a lot of systems like public water, private wells, bottles… It must be safe and healthy check it is too easy, you can put a water filter, do an inspection to comprobate septic tank isn’t  too near to any private well.  Is very important know where drinking water comes from, how it’s been treated, and if it's safe to drink.