Wastewater and drinking water treatment plant worker Wastewater treatment plant workers process wastewater so it is safe to return to the environment. They run equipment that removes or destroys contaminants, bacteria, or other harmful pollutants in the water. They also control pumps and other machinery that move wastewater through the treatment processes. They may investigate […]
The earth’s water is one, finite supply that moves from streams to lakes to oceans, flowing underground, freezing on mountaintops and forming the clouds we see in the sky. All this moving and shifting around of water is one of the largest recycling efforts by mother nature, called the hydrologic cycle and is the driving […]
The federal Clean Water Act was passed to protect America’s waters from pollution and misuse. States also have laws to protect water. Water quality regulators enforce these clean water laws. They work for agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Workers in these […]
Water has properties that make it essential to life. And although the earth is known as “the water planet,” it has limited quantities of available freshwater. Chapter 1: Water is Life