Water pumping stations Water pumping stations house mechanical pumping equipment used to lift water from lower ground to higher ground through pipes. Inland communities Inland communities include the households and industry located in areas where water flows to inland streams, rivers and lakes. Water filtration plants Water filtration plants are treatment facilities that improve water quality. Impurities are removed through a process known as filtration, incoming water is passed through a porous structure or medium, such as a screen, membrane, sand or gravel. Evaporation Liquid water from the rivers, dams and oceans is converted by the sun to water vapour which rises back into the atmosphere as a gas through a process called Evaporation.
Water also rises into the atmosphere from plants.
Plants take up water from the ground through their roots and pass moisture back into the sky through their leaves in a process called Transpiration. Evaporation and transpiration form part of the natural water cycle. The cycle is completed as the evaporated water returns to the earth as rain, a process called Precipitation, and the cycle starts again. Effluent reuse Effluent reuse is a process where treated wastewater is recycled for useful purposes and is not discharged to a natural waterway. The treated water may be used in industry, for golf courses or to water plants.