Title: Thousands of U.S. Water and Wastewater Plants Purchase Lime Based Products Each Year

Lime products soften water by removing carbonate and non-carbonate hardness. This purifies the water for consumption, provides better tasting water and allows soap products to lather readily. Many of the 18,000 municipal drinking water facilities purchase lime. Lime is used in municipal wastewater treatment to stabilize biosolids by killing pathogens, viruses and reducing vector attraction to produce high quality fertilizers for the agricultural industry. It also has other uses. • Reducing biosolids odors and improving handling through drying. • Ensuring pH and alkalinity are correct to optimize biological treatment operations. • Adjusting pH and alkalinity to optimize coagulation and flocculation settling processes. • Controlling nutrients like phosphorus as lime precipitates phosphorous to very low levels without biological treatment.

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