Water is used for variety of purposes like drinking, washing, bathing etc. Reports of WHO (World Health Organization) says that about one million people lack safe drinking water and many people die every year from water borne diseases. To deal with this situation water purification is needed. There are various methods of water purification, however biological methods are most promising and eco -friendly. The present study deals with use of Moringa oleifera to purify water. Moringa oleifera is grown in many countries as a multi -purpose tree as it possesses medicinal and nutritional values. Dry Moringa seeds and seed powder were used for water purification. Water samples collected from different localities like water from Tube well and Well of four localities of Jalgaon city. These samples were tested for Total Hardness, Calcium Hardness, Magnesium Hardness, Acidity, Alkalanity, Acidity, TDS, TS, TSS, Chloride, Sulphate, Phosphate, pH, Temperature, etc. parameters before and after treatment. It is observed that Moringa oleifera Lam. seed is an effective purifier and coagulant to treat variety of water samples. Use of seed powder is more promising as compared to entire seeds of Moringa. Keywords : Moringa oleifera, Water purification, seed, seed powder, coagulant.
O. et al. (Thu,) studied this question.