What is the purpose of adding chlorine to water during wastewater treatment?

For sedimentation of impurities

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To filter the solid waste

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To kill the microbes

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C To kill the microbes
Chlorine is a great oxidising agent used to kill microbes.
Adding chlorine to wastewater kills the microbes present in it.

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