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The process of eliminating unwanted chemicals, biological pollutants, suspended particles, and gases from water is known as water purification. The idea is to create water that is suitable for specified uses. Although most water is cleaned and disinfected for human consumption (drinking water), it may also be used for a number of other reasons, such as medicinal, pharmaceutical, chemical, and industrial uses. Physical procedures like filtration, sedimentation, and distillation are utilized; biological processes like slow sand filters or biologically active carbon are used; chemical processes like flocculation and chlorination are used; and electromagnetic radiation like ultraviolet light is used.

Purification of water can lower the quantity of suspended particles, parasites, bacteria, algae, viruses, and fungus, as well as a variety of dissolved and particulate materials.

Governments or international standards are usually used to determine drinking water quality requirements. Depending on the intended use of the water, these guidelines normally contain minimum and maximum pollutants concentrations.

It’s impossible to tell if the water is of good quality just by looking at it. Simple processes like boiling or using a home activated carbon filter aren’t enough to remove all pollutants that might be present in water from an unknown source. Even natural spring water, which was always thought to be safe for all practical reasons, must now be tested to see what type of treatment, if any, is required. Chemical and microbiological analysis, albeit costly, are the only ways to gather the information needed to choose the best purification process.

According to a 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) report, 1.1 billion people do not have access to improved drinking water; 88 percent of the 4 billion annual cases of diarrheal disease are due to unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene, and 1.8 million people die each year from diarrheal disease. According to the WHO, 94 percent of these diarrheal illness cases may be avoided by making environmental changes, such as providing access to clean water. Simple methods for purifying and preserving water at home, such as chlorination, filtration, and sun disinfection, might save thousands of lives each year. In underdeveloped nations, reducing fatalities from waterborne illnesses is a key public health objective.

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The use of chemicals to aid in the removal of particles floating in water is one of the initial steps in most traditional water purification methods. Clay and silt are examples of inorganic particles, while algae, bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and natural organic materials are examples of organic particles. The turbidity and color of water are affected by both inorganic and organic particles.

Inorganic coagulants like aluminum sulfate (or alum) or iron (III) salts like iron(III) chloride produce several chemical and physical interactions on and among the particles at the same time. Inorganic coagulants neutralize the negative charges on the particles in seconds. Metal hydroxide precipitates of iron and aluminum ions begin to develop within seconds as well. Natural processes such as Brownian motion and induced mixing, which is frequently referred to as flocculation, combine these precipitates into bigger particles. “Floc” refers to amorphous metal hydroxides. Large, amorphous aluminum and iron (III) hydroxides adsorb and enmesh particles in suspension, making particle removal easier through sedimentation and filtering processes.:8.2″8.3

Aluminum hydroxides arise in a relatively limited pH range, usually between 5.5 and 7.7. Iron (III) hydroxides may develop across a wider pH range than alum, often ranging from 5.0 to 8.5.:679

There is a lot of controversy and ambiguity in the literature about how to use the words coagulation and flocculation: What is the difference between coagulation and flocculation? In water purification plants, the coagulant chemicals are usually added via a high-energy, rapid mix unit process (detention time in seconds), followed by flocculation basins (detention times range from 15 to 45 minutes) where low-energy inputs turn large paddles or other gentle mixing devices to enhance floc formation. Once the metal salt coagulants are applied, the coagulation and flocculation processes continue.:74″5

In the 1960s, organic polymers were developed as coagulant aids and, in certain situations, as substitutes for inorganic metal salt coagulants. Synthetic organic polymers are molecules with a high molecular weight that are charged negatively, positively, or neutrally. When high molecular weight organic polymers are mixed with particulates in water, the high molecular weight compounds adsorb on particle surfaces and combine with other particles to create floc. PolyDADMAC is a widely utilized cationic (positively charged) organic polymer in water treatment facilities.

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