You may not realize it, but there is not an endless supply of clean water. Each time you wash your hands you are using clean water, but generating an excess of unclean water in the process.

Luckily there are companies devoted to water treatment so that in most areas across the United States you do not have to think twice about the water you use and consume in your home. 

One of the common needs for water treatment is due to the excess wastewater generated each day. 

Wastewater

Wastewater is a result of the water being used, but not consumed. You can think of the water you use in your home to flush the toilet, do the dishes or shower daily as contributing to the unfathomable amount of wastewater being generated.

Not only does individual activity result in wastewater, but industrial processes such as fossil-fuel power generation do as well.  

The result of both individual and industrial water use is water that now needs to be cleaned before it can be recycled for further use.

Wastewater Treatment Plants

Approximately 14 billion gallons of wastewater are generated daily, which makes it extremely important to find efficient means of treating the water and cycling it back into use; wastewater treatment plants do just this.

At the plants, a series of processes are used to remove the toxins in the wastewater. 

One method of water treatment is called mechanical dewatering, which will separate the liquid and solid matter from the wastewater collection. With reliable, industrial-grade equipment, this process can be easily automated in the treatment plants.

In addition to wastewater treatment, there are a lot of other processes involved in the extensive treatment process before water is ready to be recycled back into our systems. Water must go through other treatments such as chemical addition, filtration and disinfection as well.