Water Treatment Crossword Puzzle

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Aquifer: Natural underground reservoirs of porous layers of sand, rock or gravel.
Back Pressure: Pressure which creates resistance against the flow of water.
Chlorine: Widely used in the disinfection of water and as an oxidizing agent for organic matter.
Filter: A device used to clean water by removing iron, silt, taste, odor, color, etc. before it is fed into the supply lines of the consumer.
Groundwater: The term describes all subsurface water and the source of well water.
Inorganic : Matter which is not derived from living organisms and contains no organically produced carbon; includes rocks, minerals and metals.
Organic: Having the characteristics of or being derived from plant or animal matter.
Potable: Water which is considered safe and fit for human consumption.
Protozoa: Any of a large group of mostly microscopic, one celled animals living chiefly in water.
Raw: Untreated water from wells or any water before it reaches a water treatment device or process.
Residual: The amount of a specific material remaining in the water following a water treatment process.
Salt: The common name for the specific chemical compound sodium chloride.
Turbidity: A measure of the amount of finely divided suspended matter in water, which causes the scattering and absorption of light rays.
Virus: The smallest form of life known to be capable of producing disease or infection.
Water Hammer: The shock wave produced by the abrupt change of water flow through a piping system.

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aquifer: natural underground reservoirs of porous layers of sand, rock or gravel.
back pressure: pressure which creates resistance against the flow of water.
chlorine: widely used in the disinfection of water and as an oxidizing agent for organic matter.
filter: a device used to clean water by removing iron, silt, taste, odor, color, etc. before it is fed into the supply lines of the consumer.
groundwater: the term describes all subsurface water and the source of well water.
inorganic : matter which is not derived from living organisms and contains no organically produced carbon; includes rocks, minerals and metals.
organic: having the characteristics of or being derived from plant or animal matter.
potable: water which is considered safe and fit for human consumption.
protozoa: any of a large group of mostly microscopic, one celled animals living chiefly in water.
raw: untreated water from wells or any water before it reaches a water treatment device or process.
residual: the amount of a specific material remaining in the water following a water treatment process.
salt: the common name for the specific chemical compound sodium chloride.
turbidity: a measure of the amount of finely divided suspended matter in water, which causes the scattering and absorption of light rays.
virus: the smallest form of life known to be capable of producing disease or infection.
water hammer: the shock wave produced by the abrupt change of water flow through a piping system.