Treatment Steps
Kelowna's Treatment Plants
Types of Equipment Used in Treatment
100

The first step of wastewater treatment is?

Screening and Pumping

100

How much water is treated every day?

37 million litres 

100

Which system removes 98% of oily water without using chemicals?

Ultrafiltration Systems

200

The objects removed during the first step fo treatment are?

Large materials such as Rocks, Wood Pieces, Garbage 

200

What percent of the population in Kelowna are using treated water?

80% 

200

The system that removes dissolved solids and impurities using a semi-permeable membrane is?

Reverse Osmosis Systems

300

In the second step of treatment, how's the sand and grit removed from the water?

Conveyors with scrapers, plows, or buckets.
300

What does the wastewater treatment protect in the Okanagan? 

Okanagan Lake and all connecting water ways.

300

Which system uses a disposable paper media to remove organic and inorganic materials?

Paper Bed Filters

400

What is removed with the help of chemicals during step 3 of treatment? 

Phosphorus 

400

Residential wastewater treatment mainly includes the treatment of?

Water from laundry machines, toilets, showers, and sinks.

400

The system that removes water from contaminants instead of removing contaminants from the water is?

Vacuum Evaporation and Distillation 

500

What eats the remaining amount of pollutants and converts them to nitrogen, water, and cell tissue?

Microorganisms. 

500

Without these treatment plants, what would be impacted? 

Drinking water, public health, fisheries, wildlife habitat, and tourism. 

500

Which system can remove up to 99.5% of all incoming dissolved salts and impurities?

Reverse Osmosis Systems