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THE USE OF
WATER
© www.chemsheets.co.uk GCSE 1269 13-Dec-2017
PURE water SEA water
100% water Lots of dissolved substances

POTABLE water
safe to drink
WASTE water GROUND water
From homes, industry & Underground streams &
agriculture aquifers

FRESH water
Lakes, rivers, ice caps, glaciers,
underground streams & aquifers
Type of Dissolved Microbes
water substances
pure  
potable  (low levels)  (or low levels)
fresh  (low levels)  (but very low levels from
some sources)
ground  (low levels) 
sea  (high levels) 
waste  (high levels) 
 Making water fit to drink – from FRESH water

filtration removes solids Pass through filter beds

(usually sand)
sterilisation kills microbes • add chlorine or
• treat with ozone or
• use uv light
Making water fit to drink – from SEA water - desalination

1 Distillation
Making water fit to drink – from SEA water - desalination

2 Reverse
osmosis
Waste water treatment