Potable Water - Water Education Foundation
WEBSep 15, 2014 · Potable water, also known as drinking water, comes from surface and ground sources and is treated to levels that that meet state and federal standards for consumption. Water from natural sources is treated for microorganisms, bacteria, toxic chemicals, viruses and fecal matter. Drinking raw, untreated water can cause …
Recycled Water - Water Education Foundation
WEBSep 15, 2014 · Recycled water is also produced by purifying wastewater for safe use in drinking (potable) water and for non-potable uses such as irrigation. Recycling wastewater provides a new, costly but renewable water resource that can bolster local water supplies, save energy and reduce the amount of sewage treatment plant effluent emptied into …
Topic: Drinking Water - Water Education Foundation
WEB1 day ago · Potable water, also known as drinking water, comes from surface and ground sources and is treated to levels that that meet state and federal standards for consumption. Water from natural sources is treated for microorganisms, bacteria, toxic chemicals, viruses and fecal matter.
Water Education Foundation - Everything about California water …
WEBJun 22, 2020 · The state’s enormous cache of underground water is a great natural resource and has contributed to the state becoming the nation’s top agricultural producer and leader in high-tech industries. A new era of groundwater management began in 2014 in California with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. The landmark law turned …
Water Kids - Water Education Foundation
WEBSep 15, 2014 · Your water footprint is the amount of water that you use in a day. Every person has a unique water footprint based on the ways water is used. One easy way to begin the process of calculating your water footprint is to look at your family’s water bill for a month. Divide the amount used by the number of days in the month and then divide …
Surface Water vs. Groundwater - Water Education Foundation
WEBSep 15, 2014 · The nation’s surface-water resources—the water in the nation’s rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, and reservoirs—are vitally important to our everyday life. The main uses of surface water include drinking-water and other public uses, irrigation uses, and for use by the thermoelectric-power industry to cool electricity-generating equipment.
Freshwater - Water Education Foundation
WEBSep 15, 2014 · Most of the Earth’s water is saline, 97.5 percent with only 2.5 percent fresh. Of this water, about 70 percent is confined in glaciers and permanent snow in the Arctic, meaning the remaining available water is accessible after treatment, as potable water. About 0.3 percent of Earth’s freshwater is contained in lakes and rivers.
Topic: Water Recycling - Water Education Foundation
WEBJun 22, 2020 · Recycled water is also produced by purifying wastewater for safe use in drinking (potable) water and for non-potable uses such as irrigation. Recycling wastewater provides a new, costly but renewable water resource that can bolster local water supplies, save energy and reduce the amount of sewage treatment plant effluent emptied into …
Groundwater - Water Education Foundation
WEBSep 15, 2014 · Groundwater comes mostly from snowmelt and rain percolating through soil and rock and from overland rivers, streams and other waterways. The infiltration is gradual, driven by gravity. Groundwater will flow toward rivers, lakes or the ocean to begin the cycle anew. Groundwater can be pumped or flow naturally to the surface through seepage or ...
Colorado River Shortages Drive Major Advances in Recycled …
WEBDec 19, 2023 · Water agencies in Arizona and Nevada are helping to pay for Metropolitan’s project in exchange for to-be-determined slices of Metropolitan’s Colorado River supply. The proposed plant would be built in Los Angeles and could produce up to 150 million gallons of potable water a day, enough to serve more than 500,000 households.