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Electrocoagulation: A Popular Approach To Wastewater Treatment

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">One of the basic facts of human beings is that we need water to survive&period; Unfortunately&comma; because of the rising population across the globe&comma; and the impacts of climate change&comma; the amount of drinkable water is becoming more scarce&period; It is for this reason that we need to find a way to effectively treat the water&period; We need a way that not only makes large quantities of water safe&comma; but that is also cost-effective and doesn&&num;8217&semi;t do a large amount of harm to the environment&period; One of the more popular options for doing this is Electrocoagulation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Electrocoagulation is the process in which an electric current is added to a water source in order to remove contaminants&period; The idea was patented back in 1906&comma; but over the past several decades it has become even more popular&period; Electrocoagulation systems remove water contaminants such as foodstuff wastes&comma; dyes&comma; oil wastes&comma; organic matter from landfills&comma; mine wastes&comma; and so much more&period; Over the years the amount of electricity needed has been reduced&comma; along with the size of the equipment needed&comma; making it the affordable waste water treatment process of choice around the world&period; While some areas have a hard time affording the electricity needed to make this process a reality&comma; the costs are going down all the time&comma; making it available to more and more places&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">So how does it work&quest; Electrocoagulation is performed by submerging two metal plates in the water&comma; then running an electric current between them&period; Since things like heavy metals&comma; organics and inorganics are held together primarily by their electric charge&comma; introducing another charge destabilizes this bond and separates them from the clean water&period; These disassembled particles then coagulate to form a mass&comma; which can easily be removed&period; This process in its current form can allow up to 20&comma;000 gallons of water to be processed in a minute&period; The size and the set up of the system will depend on its application&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Because of the simplicity of electrocoagulation&comma; it has become increasingly popular&period; We are now well aware of our impact on the environment&comma; and many are working to negate that as much as possible&period; This means introducing less chemicals into the water&comma; and using less oil to power treatment centers&period; In the world we live in we cannot afford to waste any water&comma; and electrocoagulation allows us a simply way to turn our wastewater into something safe to drink&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">There are about half a dozen companies in the US alone working with this technology&period; Most of them are focusing on industrial wastewater streams and water management&comma; but there is the potential for it to grow into a lot more&period; Proponents of electrocoagulation say that water is a resource that we need to reuse&comma; and this is the best way to go about doing that&period; In the coming years&comma; the expect the popularity of this process to grow&comma; and for it to have multiple applications&period; For the good of not only our planet&comma; but our people&comma; hopefully more countries and more large companies will get on board with this simple&comma; yet effective&comma; method for cleaning our water&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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