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  2. Water filter - Wikipedia

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    A water filter removes impurities by lowering contamination of water using a fine physical barrier, a chemical process, or a biological process. Filters cleanse water to different extents, for purposes such as: providing agricultural irrigation, accessible drinking water, public and private aquariums, and the safe use of ponds and swimming pools.

  3. Point of use water filter - Wikipedia

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    Point of use water filter. Point of use water filters are used in individual houses or offices to provide filtration of potable water close to the point of consumption. [1] The related topic, Point of use water treatment describes full-scale water treatment options and technologies designed to serve communities when municipal water treatment ...

  4. Reverse osmosis - Wikipedia

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    Around the world, household drinking water purification systems, including a RO step, are commonly used for improving water for drinking and cooking. Such systems typically include these steps: a sediment filter to trap particles, including rust and calcium carbonate

  5. History of water filters - Wikipedia

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    Automatic pressure filters, where the water is forced under pressure through the filtration system, were innovated in 1899 in England. [9] Limited drinking water standards were first implemented in the US in 1914, but it would not be until the 1940s that federal drinking water standards were widely applied.

  6. Water purification - Wikipedia

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    For drinking water, membrane filters can remove virtually all particles larger than 0.2 μm—including giardia and cryptosporidium. Membrane filters are an effective form of tertiary treatment when it is desired to reuse the water for industry, for limited domestic purposes, or before discharging the water into a river that is used by towns ...

  7. Drinking water - Wikipedia

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    Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often (but not always) supplied through taps, in which case it is also called tap water. Typically in developed countries, tap water meets drinking water quality standards, even ...

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