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In cities, drinking water is supplied from water works. Write down the processes involved to get the supply of drinking water to your home from water works.

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The supply of water to cities consists of following steps:

1.Raw water from lakes, or river or groundwater is transferred through tunnels to the point where required filtration is done.

2. Treated water is supplied is supplied to the reservoir or water tanks or tower tank generally located at height from where it could be supplied with high pressure.

3. Pumping stations are built where water is supplied by applying high pressure so that it could could reach the storage tanks at height in a city. Most water supply occurs through underground water pipes.


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