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Descriptor
English
:
Water Purification
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Purificación del Agua
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Purificação da Água
Synonyms
English
:
Purification, Water
Purifications, Water
Treatment, Water
Treatments, Water
Water Purifications
Water Treatment
Water Treatments
Tree Number:
N06.850.780.200.800.800.900.900
N06.850.860.510.900.900
SP4.021.202
VS4.001.001.002.002
Definition
English
:
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.
See Related
English
:
Chemical Clarification
Oxygenation
Water Selfpurification
History Note
English
:
95
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
Record Number:
31973
Unique Identifier:
D018508
Occurrence in VHL
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