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DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESS — CLICK ANY STEP TO EXPLORE
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Intake & Screening
Raw water enters from source
⚗️
Coagulation
Chemicals destabilise particles
🌀
Flocculation
Particles clump into floc
⬇️
Sedimentation
Floc settles to the bottom
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Filtration
Fine particles removed
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Disinfection
Pathogens are killed
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Distribution
Safe water to the tap
Complete Drinking Water Treatment Process
All 7 treatment stages in sequence — tap any step to open it in the Step Explorer
Raw water
5–500 NTU
Destabilised
particles
Floc
forming
Clarified
1–10 NTU
Filtered
<0.3 NTU
Disinfected
Cl₂ residual
1
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Intake &
Screening
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2
⚗️
Coagulation
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3
🌀
Flocculation
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4
⬇️
Sedimentation
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5
🔵
Filtration
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6
☀️
Disinfection
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7
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Distribution
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✓ SAFE DRINKING WATER
TURBIDITY JOURNEY THROUGH TREATMENT
Raw
5–500 NTU
›
Post-Coag
Still high
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Post-Floc
Floc visible
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Post-Sed
1–10 NTU
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Post-Filter
<0.3 NTU
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Post-Disinfect
<0.3 NTU
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At Tap
<1 NTU ✓