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water purification

process of removing impurities from water
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water purification

Summary

water purification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,105 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • water purification is a type of cleaning[2].
  • water purification is a type of water treatment[3].
  • water purification is a type of refining[4].
  • water purification's Commons category is recorded as Water treatment[5].
  • water purification's product or material produced is recorded as purified water[6].
  • water purification's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • water purification's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8].
  • water purification's class of object is recorded as water[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cleaning[2], water treatment[3], and refining[4].

Why It Matters

water purification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,105 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product → —
    Aliases → —
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → water
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15306, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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