Managing Calgary

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Managing Calgarys Water Supply
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Calgary gets some of its drinking water from the
Elbow River, which runs into the Glenmore
Reservoir. This water is treated at the Glenmore
Water Treatment Facility.
Calgary also gets its drinking water from the Bow
River. This water is treated at the Bearspaw
Water Treatment Facility in NW Calgary.
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Your Drinking Water From River to Tap
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• Activity 1 Take a Tour of Calgarys water
  treatment system
• draw a simple flow diagram showing the 6 main
  steps water goes through between the Elbow River
  to your tap
• label and BRIEFLY explain each step be sure to
  put it in your own words!

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Waste Water Treatment
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• Where does waste water go once it leaves your
  house?
• How is it treated?
• Activity 2 List and briefly describe the 8
  steps your wastewater goes through before it is
  returned to the environment.

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How Clean is Your Drinking Water?

• Microbiological organisms are found naturally in
  water.
• Some organisms that cause health problems for
  humans are
• E. coli
• Gardia
• Cryptosporidium
• These organisms cannot be seen or tasted!

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• Activity 3 create an information table that
  shows
• each of the 3 organisms
• how water gets contaminated with the organism
  (source)
• what happens to people who drink contaminated
  water (symptoms)
• how the water can be treated to get rid of the
  organism (treatment)

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your own web search
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Check it OutHow good is your water knowledge?
Click Above to take the Water Quiz. But dont
worry its only for fun!
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All Finished? Play the Watershed Game
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Wastewater Treatment
Drinking Water Treatment