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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Waste Management > Water Purification
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Waste Management > Water Purification
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Waste Management > Water Purification
... > Health Occupations > Environmental Health > Sanitation > Sanitary Engineering > Waste Management > Water Purification
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Engineering > Sanitary Engineering > Waste Management > Water Purification

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Water Purification  

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  • 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 WASTE WATER to provide potable and hygienic water in a controlled or closed environment as well as provision of public drinking water supplies. Processes used to make water more acceptable for a desired end-use

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