Potable water is a vital component of our life.
Every day we depend on water in hundreds
of ways, but unfortunately it is taken for granted just as often.
We depend on clean water for our own body's biochemistry, personal
hygiene and recreational enjoyment, among other things. Potable
water is essential to our life. In fact, it enables life.
Although
water is present in almost every part of the earth, useful water
is not always available. Most sources of water are not suitable
for potable use without some form of treatment. Raw water must
pass through a series of treatment processes to achieve the desired
quality. The size of the treatment facility as well as the types
of treatment processes required depend on the impurities in the
raw water, the desired finished quality (water quality standards)
and the amount of finished water that must be supplied (demand).
Fortunately, new products and technologies enable us to treat water
to a higher degree and more cost-effectively than ever before.
