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PATIL
WATER
OUTLINE
• SOURCES OF WATER
• MAJOR IMPURITIES
• HARDNESS
• HARDNESS UNITS
• TYPES OF HARDNESS
DEFINITION OF HARDNESS
• PRESENCE OF HEAVY METAL CATIONS IN THE
FORM OF SALTS OF CHLORIDES, SULPHATES,
CARBONATES, BICARBONATES AND
HYDROXIDE
• HEAVY METAL CATIONS
ARE CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM
AND SOME TIMES FERROUS
UNITS OF HARDNESS
• mg/L CaCO3 equivalent • 10 PPM = 1 mg/L