All About Water

By: Gabby
Evans

The Grand River Watershed...

Second largest
watershed (next to
the Saginaw River
Watershed)
Land use within the
watershed: about
53% agricultural, 27%
Urban and 20%
forested
Starts in Hillsdale
County and ends in

What happens in a Water Treatment

Facility?
Filter out diseases
Chemical treatment:
removes extra
minerals
Further settling of
fertilization
Final disinfection
and chemical
adjustment

Water Treatment Facilities In

Michigan
Detroit Water and Sewerage Treatment
Facility
City of Trenton Water Treatment Facility
Saginaw Water Treatment Plant
Midland Wastewater Treatment
Monroe Water Department
Chelsea Wastewater Treatment

How Does Farming Affect Water

Quality?
Increased amount of
nutrients from manure can
damage bodies of water
Increased amount of
sediment in farming make
drinking water treatment
more difficult while also
affecting fish

Sources Used:
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http://www.grandlearningnetwork.org/about-the-grand-r
iver-watershed.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=grand+river+waters
hed+michigan&biw
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/
http://besco.kinetico.com/
http://bayeswatertreatment.com/
http://extension.usu.edu/waterquality/htm/agriculturewq
http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/agriculture.cfm
https://www.google.com/maps