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What are the different types of inorganic and organic impurities generally present in sewage?


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Sewage:

  1. It is also known as domestic sewage or municipal wastewater.
  2. Sewage is wastewater that is released by homes, businesses, hospitals, and other institutions.
  3. It has a lot of organic debris and bacteria in it. Many of them are harmful.

Organic impurities:

Fruits and vegetable peel, human feces, animal waste, urea in urine, pesticides, herbicides, etc.

Inorganic impurities:

Nitrates, phosphates, metals, etc.


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