Method of purification of waste water by treatment with zirconium salt

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of purification of waste water from chemical pulping and paper mills comprising coagulation and precipitation of suspended substances and colloidal dispersed particles, precipitation of non-colloidal dissolved, low molecular weight substances in the waste water and formation of water insoluble precipitates or chelates thereof, and further to a method of purification of waste water of any source by the use of zirconium salt.