Chemistry GCSE
Potable water
What Potable water means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Water that is safe to drink, containing dissolved substances but with sufficiently low levels of microbes and contaminants.
Drinking water that is safe for humans, having sufficiently low levels of dissolved salts and microbes.
Water that is safe to drink, meaning it has sufficiently low levels of dissolved salts and microbes.
Water with sufficiently low levels of dissolved salts and microbes to be safe to drink.
Water that is safe to drink, with low levels of dissolved salts and microorganisms.
Topics that use Potable water
- Potable water (AQA GCSE)
- Waste water treatment (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Anaerobic digestion
- Appropriate technology and sustainability
- Chemical treatment of pollutants
- Chlorine
- Cost and energy in water production
- Desalination
- Dissolved salts
- Filter beds
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