Water/Wastewater Engineer

Water/Wastewater Engineer — page 1 — CHERRY LAKE Publishing Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Jennifer McElroy PE Senior Environmental Engineer Water Wastewater Engineering Gainesville Regional Utilities Gainesville FL Reading Adviser Maria Conn ReadAbility Inc Photo Credits GRU Gainesville Regional Utilities and Cheuvront Studios cover 1 6 9 17 21 22 26 OJitinait Jufask Shutterstock Images 5 CharlesOstrand Shutterstock Images 11 ©MarArt Shutterstock Images 12 Usupakia Shutterstock Images 14 OBlend Images Shutterstock Images 15 OJonutis Shutterstock Images 18 Goodluz Shutterstock Images 25 29 Copyright ©2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Yomtov Nelson author Water Wa tewater Engineer Nel Yomtov pages cm Cool STEAM careers Summary Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a wastewater engineer The book also explains the necessary educational steps useful character traits and daily job tasks related to this career in the framework of the STEAM Science Technology Engineering Art and Math movement Photos a glossary and additional resources are included Provided by publisher Audience Ages 8 12 Audience Grades 4 to 6 Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978 1 63362 010 0 ſhardcover ISBN 978 1 63362 049 0 pbk ISBN 978 1 63362 088 9 pdf ISBN 978 1 63362 127 5 ebook 1 Water Purification Juvenile literature 2 Sewage Purification Juvenile literature 3 Water supply engineering Vocational guidance Juvenile literature 4 Water treatment plants Manage ment Juvenile literature 1 Title TD430 Y66 2015 628 1dc23 2014031418 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nel Yomtov is an award winning author of nonfiction books and graphic novels for young readers He lives in the New York City

Water/Wastewater Engineer — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 WATER THE LIFEBLOOD OF EARTH 4 CHAPTER 2 WATER BASICs 10 CHAPTER 3 KEEPING IT CLEAS 16 CHAPTER 4 WATERWASTEWATER ENGINEERS AT WORK 20 CHAPTER 5 BECOMING A WATERWASTEWATER EGINEER 24 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32 STEAM is the acronym for Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics In this book you will read about how each of these study areas is connected to a career in water wastewater

Water/Wastewater Engineer — page 3 — CHAPTER 1 WATER THE LIFEBLOOD OF EARTH nnie and her father had just finished cleaning the fish tank She slowly poured the dirty water into the laundry room sink She seemed puzzled as she watched the water swirl down the drain Dad what happens to the water we use Where does it go she asked You mean the water we use after taking a shower or using the toilet Or even this dirty water from the fish tank he asked Right Or when the dishwasher runs she replied The water we use has to be cleaned Then it is 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

Water/Wastewater Engineer — page 4 — returned to places in the environment like rivers Cleaned she asked in disbelief Who cleans our water The people who clean and recycle dirty water are called water wastewater engineers he said What a great job Annie replied And an important one too'd sure like to be a water wastewater engineer Water that goes down the drain is later cleaned and returned to the environment cooL STEAM

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