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Ammonia in Water Problem-Based Learning Set

Ammonia in Water Problem-Based Learning Set

You are a water treatment plant operator for your city’s local water treatment plant. Your job is to watch the water’s chemical composition for any chemicals that could be dangerous to your city’s inhabitants. This means that you conduct multiple types of tests on the water on a regular basis in order to collect the data you need.

Lesson One: Chlorination and Dechlorination

Lesson One: Chlorination and Dechlorination

The students will gain a basic understanding of the role of water treatment facilities. Students will learn about the importance of eliminating biological activity in drinking water. Students will learn about chlorination as a means of disinfecting water. Students will learn about the concept of dechlorinating water and one of the ways this can be done.

Ammonia and Chloramine Reading Assignment

Ammonia and Chloramine Reading Assignment

1. Which chemical is one of the most important in the water treatment process?
2. What is the chemical formula for ammonia?
3. Which two types of water sources commonly contain ammonia? 
4. Give 3 ways that ammonia can be added to soil.

Lesson Eight: Visit to the Local Drinking Water Treatment Facility and/or Having a Representative from the Treatment Facility Visit the Classroom

Lesson Eight: Visit to the Local Drinking Water Treatment Facility and/or Having a Representative from the Treatment Facility Visit the Classroom

Students will gain a better understanding of the process used to treat the drinking water for their community. Students will speak to, and ask questions of, a professional in the field of water treatment.