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This lecture covers the concepts of metal speciation, focusing on precipitation and dissolution reactions. Topics include solubility equilibria, water treatment using metal hydroxides, composition of natural waters, weathering processes, anthropogenic impacts on weathering rates, chemical weathering reactions, examples of dissolution reactions, ion activity, and the environmental engineering challenge of the Flint water crisis.