Author:

• Aubrey Frazer
• Kateryna Lapina
• Andrew Whaley
• Helen Muga

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan Tech

Advisors:

• Dr. Marty Auer

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan Tech

Production:

Tech Alive

• Animation and Web Design:
  Dr. Susan E. Hill
  Michigan Tech
• Production Management:
  Dr. Martin T. Auer
  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Michigan Tech

This web page was developed under a grant awarded to the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Ms. Shawn Oppliger, Center Director and Project Coordinator
Ms. Joan Chadde, Center Education Program Coordinator and Project Coordinator
Mr. Thomas M. Occhipinti, MDEQ Environmental Education Coordinator and Grant Administrator

Media Credits

Title Page: Drinking Water Treatment

• River Pollution animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.
• Saskatoon Water Treatment Plant photo: Mark Keller. Used with permission.

Drinking Water - Sources

• Houghton Lake photo:

Drinking Water - Demand

• Tap Water photo:
• Laundry Room photo:

Drinking Water - Quality

• Algae and Aquatic Plants photo: Marty Auer (MTU).
• Water Flask photo: Emil Groth (MTU).

Drinking Water - Regulations

• US Congress photo:
• Safe Drinking Water Act logo:

Drinking Water Treatment

• Treatment illustration: © 2007 State of Michigan.

Drinking Water Treatment - Coagulation

• Treatment illustration: © 2007 State of Michigan.
• Coagulation animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.

Drinking Water Treatment - Flocculation

• Treatment illustration: © 2007 State of Michigan.
• Flocculation animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.

Drinking Water Treatment - Sedimentation

• Treatment illustration: © 2007 State of Michigan.
• Sedimentation animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.

Drinking Water Treatment - Filtration

• Treatment illustration: © 2007 State of Michigan.
• Filtration animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.

Drinking Water Treatment - Disinfection

• Treatment illustration: © 2007 State of Michigan.
• Disinfection animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.
• Viral Pathogen photo:
• Bacterial Pathogen photo:
• Protozoan Pathogen photo:

Drinking Water Treatment - Softening

• Limestone Quarry photo:
• Pipe Deposit photo:

Drinking Water Treatment - Synthetic Organic Chemicals

• Leaking Underground Storage Tank photo:
• Granular Activated Carbon with Dime photo: Emil Groth (MTU).
• Activated Carbon Granule with Microscope Magnification photo: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals. Permission pending.
• Activated Carbon Granule with Electronmicroscope Magnification photo: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals. Permission pending.

Drinking Water - Distribution

• Drinking Water Storage Tank photo: Andrew Whaley (MTU).
• Water Distribution photo: Marty Auer (MTU).

Drinking Water - Onsite Treatment: Hardness and Iron

• Water Softener photo: Culligan of Hays. Permission pending.

Drinking Water - Onsite Treatment: Color, Taste and Odor

• Laboratory Carbon Column photo: Emil Groth (MTU).
• Onsite Carbon Column photo:

Drinking Water - Onsite Treatment: At The Tap

• Pitcher photo:
• Tap Filter photo:

Drinking Water - Activity: Arrange the Treatment Plant

• Arrange the Treatment Plant animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.

The Cost of Water

• Bottled Water photo: Emil Groth (MTU) from a display by Dr. Nancy A. Auer (MTU).
• Cost of Water animation: © 2007 State of Michigan.

Bibliography

Several excellent texts relating to drinking water treatment provided source material for these pages. The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge the following:

Environmental Engineering, 3rd Edition, 1998, by Davis and Cornwall, WCB McGraw-Hill Publishers.

Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 2nd Edition, 2004, by Vesilind and Morgan, Thompson Brooks/Cole Publishers.

Water and Wastewater Technology, 5th Edition, 2004, by Hammer and Hammer, Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers.

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