This week on The Children’s Hour, where does our tap water come from, and where does it end up when we flush or wash it down the drain?

Water treatment facility in action

We learn about Water Treatment with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s education director, Erin Keck. Our water system is circular, from the Rio Grande and back again. In the meantime, it goes through pipes to homes, and down the drains when it’s dirty. How do they clean it for drinking, and then clean it again after it’s gross? And what role do tardigrades play?

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Mayim, Mayim (Water, Water)Cathy Fink, Marci Marxer & Brave ComboAll Wound Up!2001, Rounder Select03:16
Water Is LifeLeoni Jansen & Izaline CalisterAbout Water 2009 Noon records04:13
Water Cycle SongRhythm, Rhyme, ResultsSingleAlex Cottenham02:28
Song of the Sewer (feat. Wayne Knight)John LithgowSunny Side of the Street 2006 Razor & Tie Recordings., Marketed by Razor & Tie Recordings. Distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc.02:49
Should Not FlushGiranimalsWe Are Water WiseAlbuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority02:21
Tardigrade SongCosmo SheldrakePelicans We - EP 2015 Transgressive Records Ltd.04:00
Sweet Water RollingMike Seeger & Peggy SeegerAmerican Folk Songs For Children 1977 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.00:32
Water Drums 1Baka Forest People Of Southeast CameroonHeart of the Forest 1993 Rykodisc, manufactured & marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company.01:53
Clear As Water (Mo' Horizons remix)Una Mas TrioClear As Water - EP 2009 Agogo Records05:39