How Water is Made

Whaaat!? My Water comes from where?!

By Tim Connor

​I bet you wonder where your water comes from. Ok, so maybe not! It's more complicated than you think! Follow along to learn more about the water you drink and where it comes from!

First watch this video: And listen up because this is a Quizizz!

​Now that you have watched the video, answer the following questions.

Multiple Choice

Your drinking water starts as untreated water from the environment.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

First the water is screened to remove

• garbage

• sticks

• other debris

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

The untreated water is called

• smelly water

• Muddy Waters

• raw water

• dirty water

Multiple Choice

Raw water is not safe to drink.

• False:

  uhh, duhhh of course it is

• True:

  uhh, duhh of course it ain't

Multiple Choice

Activated carbon is then added to the water to remove

• contaminants

• salts

• pesticides and smells

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Water is then put through a mixing tank with aluminum sulfate which

coagulates into muddy clumps of bacteria and other contaminants called flocks.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Next, the water goes through more mixing tanks that include other chemicals used in the process called sedimentation which

• turns the water into rock

• removes more contaminants from the water

• sweetens the water

• none of the above

Multiple Select

After sedimentation the water is clear but still full of 

• viruses

• bacteria

• silt

• other organic matter

Multiple Select

Sand and anthracite coal are used to further filter the water and is the last step in the process.

• True

• False

• There are still more steps

Multiple Choice

What is added to the water to kill off the germs and bugs?

• Fluorine

• Chlorine

• Dorine

• Dank Memes

Multiple Choice

If Chlorine gas leaks from the water treatment plant, then the plant would have to be evacuated and so would residents within a 

• 60 mile radius and shelter in place

• 16 mile radius and shelter in place

• 6 mile radius and shelter in place

• 6 millimeter radius and shelter in place

Multiple Choice

In a water treatment plant It takes about how long to turn raw water into drinking water? 

• 4 minutes

• 14 minutes

• 45 minutes

• 45 days

Multiple Choice

Huge electric motors pressurize and pump the water through underground pipes that eventually lead to the water taps in your home.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Low water pressure means that there is probably

• A nasty Gremlin is in the house!

• Like everyone else, Water doesn't like being under high pressure

• A water main break

• None of the above (don't pick this one)

Multiple Select

After a water main break there is often a boil advisory. This means you should boil drinking and cooking water and possibly have the water tested before consuming it, especially if you have serious health conditions.

• TRUE

• True