IMPURITIES OF WATER

There are many salts and other particles are dissolved in water or scattered in the water from the
rock touching to the ground, when water float through glaciers to rivers and canals.
There are two main types of impurities which are present in the water, which are as follow;
Physical impurities
Chemical impurities

PHYSICAL IMPURITIES (Insoluble): The impurities which are due to the scattered particles
present in the water like sand, clay and other particles. Those impurities are;

Turbidity

Color

= 5PPM acceptable

CHEMICAL IMPURITIES (Soluble): The impurities which are due to the dissolved particles
in the water are known as chemical impurities or soluble impurities. In these impurities most
important are;

Hardness

Metals

Chlorides

Carbon dioxide