Virtual Video Tour
Getting started
- Here are some drinking water treatment plant vocabulary words to learn.
- This diagram shows how we clean water.
Take an in-depth look at the drinking water treatment process.
Metro Water Services goes above and beyond. We use the latest technology to give you the best drinking water possible.
- Instead of using dangerous chlorine gas to disinfect the water, both of our drinking water treatment plants make their own chlorine bleach from salt, water, and electricity. Here is the basic diagram of how we make our own chlorine bleach, and here is a technical explanation of on-site generation of disinfectants.
- Learn more about our new technology and our water quality test results
- We are transparent about the quality of our drinking water: More water quality test results
Meet some of our employees
- An employee demonstrates some water testing
- An employee demonstrates backwashing a filter
- An employee discusses maintenance work
- A retiring employee introduces next generation
Further study
Find out what you need to learn to pass the water treatment plant operator test by studying these introduction to water treatment training materials.
Please tell us what you learned and what you thought of this virtual tour!
Classes and Activities
- Water Bill Math
- Water Pollution: What would you do? Reading, writing, and math
- Request an activity or more information on a water topic
Working in Water
All across the country, water utilities are recruiting new employees. In the next five years, about one-third of all water employees will be at retirement age. Find out if these jobs are for you by visiting the American Water Works Association career center.
Metro Water Services posts job openings on the Metro Government Jobs site.
Jobs at the water treatment plants include: