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(C) IRON IN WATER

* SOURCES :
- Iron salts are added to water samples as flocculating

agents to remove suspended matters from water during
purification processes.

 The maximum permissible iron conc. in public waters
is 0.2 mg/l. Higher conc. must be removed as it may
cause unaccepted taste and staining problems.