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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 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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- Purification, Water
- Waste Water Purification
- Waste Water Treatment
- Wastewater Purification
- Wastewater Treatment
- Water Treatment
- Purification, Waste Water
- Purification, Wastewater
- Treatment, Waste Water
- Treatment, Wastewater
- Treatment, Water
- Waste Water Purifications
- Waste Water Treatments
- Water Purification, Waste
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Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.
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- Water (1966-1994)
- Water Pollution (1966-1994)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Water Purification. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018508
- Water Purification. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_purification
- Water Purification. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1463025