<p num="1"><br/><br/><br/>A process of dewatering aqueous suspension employing a flocculating system <br/>comprising treating the suspension with a flocculating amount of a first <br/>flocculant and a dewatering amount of a second flocculant, and subjecting the <br/>suspension to mechanical dewatering to form a cake, wherein the first <br/>flocculant brings about flocculation and assists thickening of the suspension <br/>and the second flocculant is a water-soluble or water swellable polymer that <br/>is mixed into the suspension is a water-soluble or water swellable particulate <br/>polymer having a particle diameter of at least 20 microns.<br/>
