water treatment

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of water treatment¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

It is not supposed to be the case that millions of people can lose power for multiple days due to the cold, nor that those outages would topple other systems, like water treatment.

From Washington Post

We’re talking about replacing sewage infrastructure, building new pump stations, new water treatment facilities.

From Voice of San Diego

Previous administrations in Baja touted “purple projects,” named for the purple pipe that reused water often runs through, like using water from two of the main water treatment plants in Tijuana for parks and landscaping.

From Voice of San Diego

That’s Laborín Valdez, who is in charge of water treatment and reuse for the state government.

From Voice of San Diego

A research report released in June concluded that logging increases sediment runoff into streams, which can lead to higher costs for water treatment plants and create cancer-causing byproducts when towns use chemicals to disinfect dirtier water.

From ProPublica