water treatment

American

noun

the act or process of making water more potable or useful, as by purifying, clarifying, softening, or deodorizing it.

Etymology

Origin of water treatment

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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Scottish Water said teams have been working round the clock since the alarm was raised and the local water treatment works was shut down as a precautionary measure.

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Scottish Water said it had closed intake to a water treatment works which had been affected and warned people not to use water from their taps.

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The report added there was "no documented procedure available for the storing of live lobster, in particular control measures in relation to the water treatment, water temperature, salinity, waste filtration".

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She said the chemicals leak out from manufacturing, washing our clothes or products with PFAS, as well as from the spread of waste sludge from water treatment works onto agricultural fields.

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But the water treatment works close to Universal's planned site in Bedfordshire is already at capacity, and there are warnings that upgrade plans will need to be "sped through".

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