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Five Things We Still Don’t Know About Water
What could we not know about water? It’s wet! It’s clear. It comes from rain. It boils. It makes snow and it makes ice! Does our government actually spend taxpayer money for you to study water?” This excerpt is from one of the last conversations I had with my dear late mother, who passed away some seven years ago, still remarkably frugal at age 99. Her words reflect a view seemingly held by half the world’s population: Water is boring.
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Just finished my first year of a Water Technology degree, it is mind boggling the processes water is involved with. The treatment process in the tech industry for high purity, municipal drinking water and waste water is quite complex as well. If you ever get the chance, go tour a water plant in your city. Doing tours is a common practice at plants, so don't feel awkward about it!
This type of thing has fascinated me for a while. Water seems like something that we've "solved". It just sounds like such an elementary concept. But there is so much more to it than meets the eye.
Exactly! We think we figured it out but there is just so much that can still be done.
That's crazy.