Recent Advancement of Coagulation–Flocculation and Its Application in Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater engineering : treatment and reuse

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Natural organic matter removal by coagulation during drinking water treatment: A review

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Organic polyelectrolytes in water treatment

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Treatment of pulp and paper mill wastewater—a review

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Recovery of EDTA from soil-washing wastewater with calcium-hydroxide-enhanced sulfide precipitation

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One-way conformation memory polymers for unidirectional removal of dyes and hot wastewater reuse from textile effluents

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Optimization of Microalgal Harvesting with Inorganic and Organic Flocculants Using Factorial Design of Experiments

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Identifying global status and research hotspots of heavy metal remediation: A phase upgrade study

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Recent Advancements in Plant-Based Natural Coagulant Application in the Water and Wastewater Coagulation-Flocculation Process: Challenges and Future Perspectives

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Molecular Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter during the Processes of Wildfire, Alum Coagulation, and Disinfection Using ESI(−) and ESI(+) FT-ICR MS

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Evaluation of the efficiency of coagulation/flocculation and Fenton process in reduction of colour, turbidity and COD of a textile effluent

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Effect of Powdered Activated Carbon as Advanced Step in Wastewater Treatments on Antibiotic Resistant Microorganisms

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Catalytic advanced oxidation processes (AOPS) in water treatment by covalent organic frameworks-based materials: a review

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Plant growth promoting strain Bacillus cereus (RCS-4 MZ520573.1) enhances phytoremediation potential of Cynodon dactylon L. in distillery sludge

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Understanding the Detrimental Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution in Shrimp Farming and Treatment Methods – A Review

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Toward sustainable electrochemically mediated separations driven by renewable energy

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Fabrication of a Z-scheme Zn3V2O8/g-C3N4 nano-heterojunction with high interfacial charge transfer for superior photocatalytic removal of diazinon pesticide under visible light

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Removal of micropollutants

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Tuning phase compositions of MoS 2 nanomaterials for enhanced heavy metal removal: performance and mechanism

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Ionizing radiation for treatment of pharmaceutical compounds: A review

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Exceptional Sorption of Heavy Metals from Natural Water by Halloysite Particles: A New Prospect of Highly Efficient Water Remediation

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A versatile organic silicate aluminum hybrid coagulant for broad-spectrum removal of heavy metal ions

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Fabrication of eco-friendly NiFe2O4 nanocatalysts via plant extract-mediated synthesis: Kinetic and mechanistic insights into photocatalytic degradation of an anthraquinone dye and tetracycline antibiotic

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Performance of Natural Coagulant Extracted from Plantago ovata Seed for the Treatment of Turbid Water

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TIMECOURSE STUDY OF COAGULATION-FLOCCULATION PROCESS USING ALUMINUM SULFATE

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Progress in wastewater treatment, separation and purification technologies: mechanisms, benefits, challenges, efficiencies, and sustainability perspectives

Ossai, I. C., Hamid, F. S., Redzwan, G., Aboudi-Mana, S. C., Hassan, A., Emenike, C. U., Okere, K. J., & Ntiamoah-Asare, D. (2026) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.128591 · Cited by 21

Experimental and theoretical elucidation of adsorption performance and mechanism of surface-engineered BiVO4 hollow cuboids for removing MB and other pollutants

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Optimization of heavy metals removal from wastewater by magnetic nano-zeolite using response surface methodology

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Waste Iron Dust Derived Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Adsorption of Multiple Azo Dyes

Twinkle, T., Tewatia, H., Kaushik, J., Sahu, A., Chaudhary, S. K., & Sonkar, S. K. (2024) · ACS Sustainable Resource Management · doi:10.1021/acssusresmgt.3c00064 · Cited by 21

Colloidal Engineering of Microplastic Capture with Biodegradable Soft Dendritic “Microcleaners”

Bang, R. S., Verster, L., Hong, H., Pal, L., & Velev, O. D. (2024) · Langmuir · doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03869 · Cited by 21

Efficient removal of Remazol Red dye from aqueous solution using magnetic nickel ferrite nanoparticles synthesized via aqueous reflux

Hassan, A. A., Ali, M. E. M., Abdel‐Latif, S. A., Hasani, I. W., & Fahim, Y. A. (2025) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-025-98478-y · Cited by 21

Treatment of sugar industry wastewater using a combination of thermal and electrocoagulation processes

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Efficient photocatalytic methylene blue degradation by Fe3O4@TiO2 core/shell linked to graphene by aminopropyltrimethoxysilane

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Lime treatment of wastewater in a plywood industry to achieve the zero liquid discharge

Prasad, H., Lohchab, R. K., Singh, B., Nain, A., & Kumari, M. (2019) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118176 · Cited by 21

Suitability of aluminum material on sugar industry wastewater with chemical and electrochemical treatment processes

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Innovative reuse of drinking water sludge for the treatment of petroleum produced water to enhance oil recovery

Mansour, M. S. M., Abdel‐Shafy, H. I., & El-Azab, W. I. M. (2020) · Egyptian Journal of Petroleum · doi:10.1016/j.ejpe.2020.02.002 · Cited by 21

Enhancement in the photo-electrocatalytic activity of SnO 2 -Sb 2 O 4 mixed metal oxide anode by nano-WO 3 modification: Application to trypan blue dye degradation

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High efficient coagulant simply by mechanochemically activating kaolinite with sulfuric acid to enhance removal efficiency of various pollutants for wastewater treatment

Zhao, Y., Zhang, Q., Yuan, W., Hu, H., Li, Z., Ai, Z., & Li, Y. (2019) · Applied Clay Science · doi:10.1016/j.clay.2019.105187 · Cited by 21

Synthesis of eco-friendly lignin-betaine and its application for dye wastewater treatment

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Produced Water Management and Utilization: Challenges and Future Directions

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Preparation of Cationic Cellulose as a Natural Flocculant/Sorbent and Its Application in Three Water Treatment Scenarios

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Heavy Metals Removal from Water and Wastewater

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Degradation of Orange G Using PMS Triggered by NH2-MIL-101(Fe): An Amino-Functionalized Metal–Organic Framework

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Evaluation an anionic polyacrylamide flocculant with microblock structure in the hematite wastewater treatment: Characterization and flocculation performance

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Recent advancements on 2D nanomaterials as emerging paradigm for the adsorptive removal of microcontaminants

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Assessment of microbiological and biochemical properties of dairy sewage sludge

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Abatement of circumneutral mine drainage by Co-treatment with secondary municipal wastewater

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Encapsulation and sedimentation of nanomaterials through complex coacervation

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An efficient removal of methylene blue and lead(II) from aqueous solutions by green synthesized iron oxide/pillared bentonite nanocomposite

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Forced ammonia stripping from livestock wastewater: the influence of some physico-chemical parameters of the wastewater

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Enhancement of organic pollutants bio-decontamination from aqueous solution using newly-designed Pseudomonas putida-GA/MIL-100(Fe) bio-nanocomposites

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Polysaccharide-based green flocculants: A systematic and comparative study of their coagulation-flocculation efficiency

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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stabilizing nutrients from dairy manure using chemical coagulation

Ellison, R. J., & Horwáth, W. R. (2021) · Journal of Environmental Quality · doi:10.1002/jeq2.20195 · Cited by 19

Feasibility of electrodialysis in heavy metals removal from brassware wastewaters

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Coagulation and flocculation of dye wastewater by FeCl3 and mucilage extracted from dragon fruit peel (Hylocereus undatus) in regard of side effects caused by the use of PACl and PAM

Nguyen, H. H., Tran, L. N., Doan, V. T., Loan, L. M., Nguyen, Q. T., Pham, Q. V., Ngo, A. V., & Le, O. T. H. (2022) · Desalination and Water Treatment · doi:10.5004/dwt.2022.28152 · Cited by 19

Nanopriming for Crop Management for Sustainable Agriculture

Majeed, M., Muhammad, M., Nawaz, S., Naz, T., Iqbal, M. M., Zahid, N., Hussain, M., Khan, A. N., Abbas, G., Gulshan, A. B., et al. (2023) · Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-7232-3.ch005 · Cited by 19

The exploitation of bio-electrochemical system and microplastics removal: Possibilities and perspectives

Wang, S., Hadji-Thomas, A., Adekunle, A., & Raghavan, V. (2024) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172737 · Cited by 19

Performance, isotherm, kinetics and mechanism of simultaneous removal of Cr(VI), Cu(II) and F ions by CeO2–MgO binary oxide nanomaterials

Zaidi, R., Khan, S. U., Farooqi, I. H., Ahmed, F., Alsulami, A., Azam, A., & Allehabi, S. O. (2025) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-78830-4 · Cited by 19

Applicability of Iron (III) Trimesic (Fe-BTC) to Enhance Lignin Separation from Pulp and Paper Wastewater

Pangkumhang, B., Jutaporn, P., Sorachoti, K., Khamdahsag, P., & Tanboonchuy, V. (2019) · Sains Malaysiana · doi:10.17576/jsm-2019-4801-23 · Cited by 19

Preparation and Coagulation Performance of Carboxypropylated and Carboxypentylated Lignosulfonates for Dye Removal

Bahrpaima, K., & Fatehi, P. (2019) · Biomolecules · doi:10.3390/biom9080383 · Cited by 19

Adsorption of neutral red onto MIL-100(Fe) from solution: characterization, equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics and process design

Chen, S., Wen, K., Zhang, X., Zhang, R., & Han, R. (2020) · Desalination and Water Treatment · doi:10.5004/dwt.2020.24923 · Cited by 19

Research on a new cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) with a cationic microblock structure and its enhanced effect on sludge condition and dewatering

Chen, Y., Li, X., Wang, Z., Feng, L., Xie, J., Lin, Z., Xu, Z. H., Liu, B., Li, X., & Zheng, H. (2021) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-021-14325-3 · Cited by 19

Review paper on removal of heavy metal ions from industrial waste water effluent

Mishra, J., Saini, R., & Singh, D. (2021) · IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering · doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1168/1/012027 · Cited by 19

Reinterpretation of the mechanism of coagulation and its effects in waste activated sludge treatment

Wang, H., Qi, H.-Y., Du, K., Ran, D.-D., Liu, W., Shen, X., & Zeng, R. J. (2022) · Separation and Purification Technology · doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120958 · Cited by 19

Preparation of starch-acrylic acid-carboxymethyl cellulose copolymer and its flocculation performance towards methylene blue

Jiao, R., Lou, T., Zhang, H., & Wang, X. (2022) · Biochemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.bej.2022.108635 · Cited by 19

Wastewater treatment: a case study of electronics manufacturing industry

Wahaab, R. A., & Alseroury, F. A. (2018) · International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology · doi:10.1007/s13762-017-1529-2 · Cited by 19

Advancements on Single-Atom Catalysts-Mediated Persulfate Activation: Generating Reactive Species for Contaminants Elimination in Water

Yu, W., & Xu, Y. (2024) · Molecules · doi:10.3390/molecules29235696 · Cited by 18

The State of the Art on PVDF Membrane Preparation for Membrane Distillation and Membrane Crystallization: Towards the Use of Non-Toxic Solvents

Khan, A. M., Russo, F., Macedonio, F., Criscuoli, A., Curcio, E., & Figoli, A. (2025) · Membranes · doi:10.3390/membranes15040117 · Cited by 18

Plant-based coagulants for wastewater treatment: Recent advances and applications

Ravele, M. P., Olatunde, O. C., Oyewo, O. A., Makgato, S., & Onwudiwe, D. C. (2025) · Cleaner Water · doi:10.1016/j.clwat.2025.100147 · Cited by 18

Recent trends in heavy metal removal technologies from water: mechanisms and advancements

Joshi, A. A., Chaudhari, K., & Ragupathy, G. (2025) · Environmental Science Water Research & Technology · doi:10.1039/d4ew01024h · Cited by 18

Response Surface Analysis for Sewage Wastewater Treatment Using Natural Coagulants

Joaquin, A. A., Gnanasundaram, N., & Kanakasabai, P. (2020) · Polish Journal of Environmental Studies · doi:10.15244/pjoes/120515 · Cited by 18

Treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater by chemical coagulation method: determination of optimum removal conditions using experimental design

Ayhan, N. N., Aldemır, A., & Özgüven, A. (2023) · Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering · doi:10.1007/s43153-023-00358-3 · Cited by 18

Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight, Narrow-Polydispersity Polyacrylamides Synthesized Using Photoiniferter Polymerization to Generate High-Performance Flocculants

Streicher, M., Boyko, V., & Blanazs, A. (2023) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.3c14483 · Cited by 18

Optimization and Modeling of Bio-coagulation Using Pine Cone as a Natural Coagulant: Jar Test and Pilot-Scale Applications

Baatache, O., Derbal, K., Benalia, A., Khalfaoui, A., & Pizzi, A. (2024) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/s11270-024-07521-7 · Cited by 18

Fabrication of composite ceramic polymeric membranes for agricultural wastewater treatment

Azzam, N. M., Ali, S. S., Mohamed, G. G., Omar, M. M., & Amin, S. K. (2025) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-025-85542-w · Cited by 18

Synthesis of novel resin containing carbamothiolylimidamide group and application for Cr(VI) removal

Coşkun, R., Er, E., & Delibaş, A. (2017) · Polymer Bulletin · doi:10.1007/s00289-017-2068-1 · Cited by 18

Recycling of fishpond wastewater by adsorption of pollutants using aged refuse as an alternative low-cost adsorbent

Sandra, A.-I. C., Daud, N. N. N., Idrus, S., & Man, H. C. (2018) · Sustainable Environment Research · doi:10.1016/j.serj.2018.05.005 · Cited by 18

Selection of Coagulants for the Removal of Chosen PAH from Drinking Water

Rosińska, A., & Dąbrowska, L. (2018) · Water · doi:10.3390/w10070886 · Cited by 18

Investigation of Mineral-Processing Wastewater Recycling Processes: A Pilot Study

Park, J. H., Han, Y.-S., & Ji, S. (2018) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su10093069 · Cited by 18

Comparison of Drying Method on Acid-functionalized Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube and their Application for Dye Removal

Jun, L. Y., Yon, L. S., Mubarak, N. M., Yeo, K. S., Khalid, M., & Bing, C. H. (2019) · IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering · doi:10.1088/1757-899x/495/1/012057 · Cited by 18

Removal of Crystal violet dye in textile effluent by coagulation using algal alginate from brown algae Sargassum sp.

Vijayaraghavan, G., & Shanthakumar, S. (2020) · Desalination and Water Treatment · doi:10.5004/dwt.2020.25569 · Cited by 18

Industrial Wastewater: Health Concern and Treatment Strategies

Singh, S., Sharma, A., & Malviya, R. (2021) · The Open Biology Journal · doi:10.2174/1874196702109010001 · Cited by 18

Multi-Response/Multi-Step Optimization of Heterogeneous Fenton Process with Fe3O4 Catalyst for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate

Taşcı, S., Özgüven, A., & Yıldız, B. (2021) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/s11270-021-05225-w · Cited by 18

Physical–chemical pre-treatment of sanitary landfill raw leachate by direct ascending filtration

Rohers, F., Dalsasso, R. L., Nadaleti, W. C., Matias, M. S., & de Castilhos, A. B. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131362 · Cited by 18

Study on optimal conditions of flocculation in deinking wastewater treatment

Li, M., Hu, K., & Wang, J. (2021) · Journal of Engineering and Applied Science · doi:10.1186/s44147-021-00044-6 · Cited by 18

Growth of Scenedesmus dimorphus in swine wastewater with versus without solid–liquid separation pretreatment

Osabutey, A., Haleem, N., Uğuz, S., Min, K., Samuel, R. S., Albert, K. L., Anderson, G., & Yang, X. (2022) · Bioresource Technology · doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128434 · Cited by 18

Flocculation of coal washing wastewater using polysaccharide produced by Paenibacillus mucilaginosus WL412

Xu, H., Li, J., Fu, R., Cheng, R., Wang, S., & Zhang, J. (2017) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-017-0340-4 · Cited by 18

Electrocoagulation-electroflotation for primary treatment of animal rendering wastewater to enable recovery of fats

Xie, A., Ladner, D. A., & Popat, S. C. (2021) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.133910 · Cited by 17

Characteristics and functionality of high efficiency composite microbial flocculant (EPC-7) for the treatment of black smelly river wastewater

Han, M., Dong, Y., Dong, L., Guo, N., & Wu, D. (2023) · Journal of Water Process Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103952 · Cited by 17

Chelated heavy metals removal by in-situ formed Fe(II) and Fe(III) iron (oxy)hydroxides: Mechanism and performance

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Adaptive tetralactam macrocycle based polymers for efficient and rapid removal of organic micropollutants with wide scope

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Challenges and Advances in Tertiary Waste Water Treatment for Municipal Treatment Plants

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Innovative CuZnCr-BTC Framework for Enhanced Congo Red Dye Removal in Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

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Feasibility study of a point of use technique for water treatment using plant-based coagulant and isolation of a bioactive compound with bactericidal properties

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The optimization on distributions of flow field and suspended solids in a full-scale high-rate clarifier using computational fluid dynamics

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Wastewater Treatment Techniques: An Introduction

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A Novel N-Doped Nanoporous Bio-Graphene Synthesized from Pistacia lentiscus Gum and Its Nanocomposite with WO3 Nanoparticles: Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity

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Study on preparation of cationic flocculants by grafting binary monomer on cellulose substrate by γ-ray co-irradiation

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Coagulation as an effective method for cyanobacterial bloom control: A review

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Developing an environmental water quality monitoring program for Haraz River in Northern Iran

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Synthesis of hydrophobically modified cellulose-based flocculant and its application in treatments of kaolin suspension and machining wastewater

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Study of Sludge Particles Formed during Coagulation of Synthetic and Municipal Wastewater for Increasing the Sludge Dewatering Efficiency

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Water purification using various technologies and their advantages and disadvantages

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Industrial wastewater treatment: Case study on copper removal from colloidal liquid using coagulation

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Chemical Methods of Heavy Metal Management: Coagulation, Flocculation, and Floatation

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Prospects and Challenges of Using Coagulation-Flocculation method in the treatment of Effluents

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Recent advances in coagulants in wastewater treatment

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Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Coagulation–Flocculation and Advanced Oxidation Processes: A Review

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Coagulation-Flocculation in Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Evolution, Integration, and a Case Study from CETPs, Kolkata

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