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TABLE 8.15
Removal.Eficiency.by.Different.Advanced.Treatment.Processes.(Agricultural.and.Industrial.Compounds)

PercentageRemoval(%) a
PowderActivated
CarbonAdsorption

Reverse
Osmosis

Biologically
ActiveCarbon Compound Structure Ozone

Atrazine.(pesticide) 63 20-50 NA 83

CI

N N

H N H

Benzon(a).pyrene.(PAH) 72 NA >90 89

DDT.(pesticides) 70 NA NA 85

CI

CI CI

CI CI

DEET.(insecticide) 54 50-80 >95 80

O

H 3 C

N

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