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  2. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    This urban plan included the world's first urban sanitation systems. Within the city, individual homes or groups of homes obtained water from wells. From a room that appears to have been set aside for bathing, waste water was directed to covered drains, which lined the major streets. Devices such as shadoofs were used to lift water to ground level.

  3. Advanced oxidation process - Wikipedia

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    Advanced oxidation processes ( AOPs ), in a broad sense, are a set of chemical treatment procedures designed to remove organic (and sometimes inorganic) materials in water and wastewater by oxidation through reactions with hydroxyl radicals (·OH). [1] In real-world applications of wastewater treatment, however, this term usually refers more ...

  4. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .mwdh2o .com. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a regional wholesaler and the largest supplier of treated water in the United States. The name is usually shortened to "Met," "Metropolitan," or "MWD." It is a cooperative of fourteen cities, eleven municipal water districts, and one county water authority ...

  5. List of largest wastewater treatment plants - Wikipedia

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    The largest wastewater treatment plants can be defined in several ways. The largest in term of capacity, both during dry and wet-weathers, is the Jean-R.-Marcotte Wastewater Treatment Plant in Montreal. With full secondary treatment of effluents it would be the Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant of Boston.

  6. World Water Assessment Programme - Wikipedia

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    The Programme's objectives are to: • Monitor, assess and report on the world's freshwater resources and ecosystems, water use and management, and identify critical issues and problems; • Help countries develop their own assessment capacity; • Raise awareness on current and imminent/future water related challenges to influence the global ...

  7. Wastewater treatment - Wikipedia

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    Wastewater treatment. Wastewater treatment is a process which removes and eliminates contaminants from wastewater. It thus converts it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once back in the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environment. It is also possible to reuse it.

  8. Water supply and sanitation in Zambia - Wikipedia

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    The project scope involved construction of new wastewater treatment plants, 520 km of sewers, decentralised wastewater treatment systems, 100 public toilets, about 12,000 on-site sanitation units and faecal sludge treatment Plants. Water resources The Zambezi River, shown here at the Victoria Falls, is rich in water. However, most Zambians live ...

  9. Adsorption/bio-oxidation process - Wikipedia

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    Adsorption/Bio-oxidation process. The adsorption/bio-oxidation process ( AB process) is a two-stage modification of the activated sludge process used for wastewater treatment. It consists of a high-loaded A-stage and low-loaded B-stage. The process is operated without a primary clarifier, with the A-stage being an open dynamic biological system.