5°Science wasewater

What is wastewater

• It refers to the water that becomes polluted after being utilized for various domestic Industrial and Commercial activities

• It's also known as gray water

What is sullage?

• It's produced within a building or household it originates from day-to-day activities

• all the liquid waste generated by residential commercial and Industrial establishments in a community or urban area it

What is gray water?

• It comes from toilets and contains human waste

• it originates from day-to-day activities such as washing dishes laundry taking showers and using wash basins

What is black water?

• comes from toilets and contains human waste

• Washing dishes, laundry, taking showers and using wash basins

How do they reuse the sullage water?

• reused for non-potable purposes like irrigation flushing toilets or even for industrial processes

• For drink

What is sewage?

• It originates from day-to-day activities

• It's for all the liquid waste generated by residential commercial and Industrial establishments in a community or urban area

Why treatment of sewage is vital for safeguarding public health and preserving the environment?

• Because can lead to the contamination of water bodies soil and the spread of waterborne diseases

• To remove harmful substances before the treated water is discharged back into the environment or reused safely

What are sewers?

• harmful substances before the treated water

• they are the underground pipelines and networks that transport sewage from its source to a centralized treatment facility or a point of discharge such as a nearby River or the ocean

What are the sanitary sewers?

• carry domestic and Industrial Wastewater to treatment plants

• manage rainwater runoff and prevent flooding during heavy rainfall

What are the storm sewers?

• manage rainwater runoff and prevent flooding during heavy rainfall

• carry domestic and Industrial Wastewater to treatment plants