WATER DISINFECTANTS GET RID OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE TOXINS Ozonation is considered the most efficient water treatment process to get rid of blue-green algae toxins. ‘Adding ozone gas to the water early on in the process, destroys cyanotoxins and other disease-causing microorganisms At the Mills water treatment plant in Riverside a process similar to the graphic below is used. . Ozonation: Ozone gas is bubbled 2. Coagulation: Aluminum sulfate is 3. Flocculation/Sedimentation: nrough the incoming water source to added to the water neutralizing the During this process floc settles out and estroy microorganisms, control taste negative charge on the particles in the is removed from the water. nd odor, and reduce the formation of water. The water is then mixed causing hlorinated disinfection byproducts. ‘the particles to cling together forming a 4. Filtration: Water is slowly loosely clumped mass (floc). filtered through anthracite coal and crushed sand to remove ver ‘small particles. 6. Finished water: Treated water is stored in tanks and pumped as needed through the distribution system. 5. Chlorine disinfection: Chlorine is added as a secondary disinfectant to provide extra protection from potentially harmful microorganisms ources: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the 'S. Environmental Protection Agency; Milwaukee Water Works SRUROUTRUL PRGA