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

Matthew Dean, head of operations control, said Pembury Water Treatment Works had stopped working "due to a bad chemical batch".

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The container terminal, an oil storage facility and nearby water treatment plant were all badly affected, along with a sports complex.

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The pieces featured in “Monuments” are on loan to MOCA, trucked in on tractor trailers from whatever obscure location they were stored — hidden under tarps in water treatment facilities and stashed in warehouses alongside bags of salt and snow plows.

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Just outside the city, it is pumping brackish groundwater from wells and discharging it into the Nueces River, which flows into a water treatment plant.

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The business specializes in chemicals used in battery recycling and water treatment as well as vinyl products that serve as a component of medical supplies.

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