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Water Purification  

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  • Treatment, Wastewater
  • Treatment, Water
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment

Scope note

  • Any of several processes in which undesirable impurities in water are removed or neutralized; for example, chlorination, filtration, primary treatment, ion exchange, and distillation. It includes treatment of WASTEWATER to provide potable and hygienic water in a controlled or closed environment as well as provision of public drinking water supplies.

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  • 95

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