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  2. Water purification - Wikipedia

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    Over the next few years, chlorine disinfection using chloride of lime were rapidly installed in drinking water systems around the world. [48] The technique of purification of drinking water by use of compressed liquefied chlorine gas was developed by a British officer in the Indian Medical Service, Vincent B. Nesfield, in 1903. According to his ...

  3. Harae - Wikipedia

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    Harae is often described as purification, but it is also known as an exorcism to be done before worship. [2] Harae often involves symbolic washing with water, or having a Shinto priest shake a large paper shaker called ōnusa or haraegushi over the object of purification. People, places, and objects can all be the object of harae.

  4. Water of lustration - Wikipedia

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    The water of lustration or water of purification (Hebrew: מי נדה, romanized: mê niddāh) was the water created with the ashes of the red heifer, according to the instructions given by God to Moses and Aaron in the Book of Numbers.

  5. Reverse osmosis - Wikipedia

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    Reverse osmosis is most commonly known for its use in drinking water purification from seawater, removing the salt and other effluent materials from the water molecules. [2] As of 2013 the world's largest RO desalination plant was in Sorek, Israel, outputting 624 thousand cubic metres per day (165 million US gallons per day). [3]

  6. Purified water - Wikipedia

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    Purified water is usually produced by the purification of drinking water or ground water. The impurities that may need to be removed are: inorganic ions (typically monitored as electrical conductivity or resistivity or specific tests) organic compounds (typically monitored as TOC or by specific tests)

  7. Water and religion - Wikipedia

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    Many religions also consider particular sources or bodies of water to be sacred or at least auspicious; examples include Lourdes in Roman Catholicism, the Jordan River (at least symbolically) in some Christian churches and Mandaeism called Yardena, the Zamzam Well in Islam and the River Ganges (among many others) in Hinduism.

  8. List of water deities - Wikipedia

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    She governs water and all things related to water. Long Vương, the Long Vương is a common name for the gods who rule over the sea and ocean. Tô Lịch Giang Thần, god of Tô Lịch River. Hà Bá, the god who manages the rivers (note that each river has its own governing god, and each person's power may be less or more powerful than Hà ...

  9. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Over the next few years, chlorine disinfection using chloride of lime were rapidly installed in drinking water systems around the world. [133] The technique of purification of drinking water by use of compressed liquefied chlorine gas was developed by a British officer in the Indian Medical Service, Vincent B. Nesfield, in 1903. According to ...