Trace the process of water treatment.

Water treatment is any process that makes water more acceptable for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses including being safely returned to the environment.

Water Treatment Process. Before arriving at your tap, water is treated at the Hanahan Water Treatment Plant to remove sediment, bacteria, and other impurities ... Next, the water flows into sedimentation basins, where the heavy floc particles sink to the bottom and are removed.