LIFE

Gallery: Great Falls Water Treatment Plant

Eva Maydole, a Water Quality Specialist at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant explains collected water treatment results. Based on the test results, a water sample can become blue, green, or orange. A clean result is always a light yellow color.
Eva Maydole, a Water Quality Specialist at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant explains collected water treatment results. Based on the test results, a water sample can become blue, green, or orange. A clean result is always a light yellow color.
Annisa Keith
Water Quality Specialist Eva Maydole compares water treatment samples on May 24 at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant. Water samples change color based on the results they produce. Even though both samples are a light yellow, a dirty water sample is shown on the left, while a clean one is on the right. Maydole ordered the negative sample online to compare to samples taken at the Plant.
Water Quality Specialist Eva Maydole compares water treatment samples on May 24 at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant. Water samples change color based on the results they produce. Even though both samples are a light yellow, a dirty water sample is shown on the left, while a clean one is on the right. Maydole ordered the negative sample online to compare to samples taken at the Plant.
Annisa Keith
A water quality meter measures the purity of tap water at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. The faucet is never turned off because the water quality is always being tested.
A water quality meter measures the purity of tap water at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. The faucet is never turned off because the water quality is always being tested.
Annisa Keith
Wayne Loveless, the Plant Manager at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant, explains the journey water takes from the Missouri River to peoples' faucets.
Wayne Loveless, the Plant Manager at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant, explains the journey water takes from the Missouri River to peoples' faucets.
Annisa Keith
A map of Great Falls hangs in the lab at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant. The map marks 70 locations across the community where water is tested on a regular basis.
A map of Great Falls hangs in the lab at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant. The map marks 70 locations across the community where water is tested on a regular basis.
Annisa Keith
Primary sttling basins and slow mix basins filter water taken from the Missouri River at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. Water processed at the plant passes through five different clarifiers and is always being tested for quality.
Primary sttling basins and slow mix basins filter water taken from the Missouri River at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. Water processed at the plant passes through five different clarifiers and is always being tested for quality.
Annisa Keith
A sludge basin sits on site at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. The impurities cleaned out of the water go into the basins instead of being deposited back into the river.
A sludge basin sits on site at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. The impurities cleaned out of the water go into the basins instead of being deposited back into the river.
Annisa Keith
Dials and gauges measure the water quality at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. Water is pulled from the Missouri River year round, during the summer months, the Plant processes around thirty million gallons of water per day.
Dials and gauges measure the water quality at the Great Falls Water Treatment Plant on May 24. Water is pulled from the Missouri River year round, during the summer months, the Plant processes around thirty million gallons of water per day.
Annisa Keith