water purification

collocation in English

meaningsofwaterandpurification

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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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purification
noun[U]
uk
/ˌpjʊə.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌpjʊr.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of removing harmful substances ...
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(Definition ofwaterandpurificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Further investigation of the local people's knowledge aboutwaterpurificationbenefits is clearly needed.
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This method would appear to be an attractive non-polluting alternative for point of entry of mainswaterpurification.
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The environmental andwaterpurificationtasks have now become the 'hard' and 'financially visible' activities.
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Some people also report using 'traditional'waterpurificationmeasures such as, for example, putting a silver spoon in water before consumption.
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Every time one of these things happens, we are caught short, not withwaterpurificationtablets or tents or clean water but with infrastructure.
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That is why 3 millionwaterpurificationtablets went in the hold of our plane last week.
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For instance, chlorine is used forwaterpurification, ammonia for refrigeration, sulphur dioxide for bleaching, hydrogen cyanide for fumigation.
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The lack of medicine, drugs, anaesthetics,waterpurificationmaterials and so on are leading to countless unnecessary deaths.
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There is a block on chemicals forwaterpurificationand on the manufacture of anaesthetics.
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Waterpurificationequipment, if required, would be likely to cost a further £1,700 to £2,000.
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The team also found thatwaterpurification, sewage disposal and electrical power plants have been incapacitated.
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I particularly welcome the emphasis onwaterpurification, because cholera is a danger in that situation.
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Waterpurificationin rural areas is but one aspect of that, but there are others such as rural electrification programmes and communications.
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The sewerage systems have collapsed and thewaterpurificationsystems too.
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We must, moreover, develop people-oriented technology for households as a solution to water andwaterpurificationproblems.
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There is a huge number of projects with which we can become involved such aswaterpurificationand the supply of water.
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We are providing stocks of tents, water andwaterpurificationequipment, which are being used to help to set up these facilities.
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We have an option of spending large sums of money on new sewage plant or, on the extraction side, onwaterpurificationplant.
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