One complete water treatment plant requires the following process starting from the source of water up to the distribution zone in order of sequence
- Intake work including pumping plant
- Plain sedimentation
- Sedimentation with coagulation
- Filtration
- Water softening plant
- Miscellaneous treatment plant
- Disinfection
- Clear water reservoir
- Operation and maintenance
- Average costs of water treatment plants
Pumps for pumping the water in service reservoir drinking water treatment plants involve several consecutive processes, which remove solids, organic and inorganic pollutants, some metals and pathogenic microorganisms.