Potabilización del agua con remoción del mercurio remanente en las minerías de oro.

Abstract

The purification of water is a process that allows the elimination of different organic and inorganic contaminants, bacteria or viruses present that can affect the human being's health, being, mercury is one of the most toxic existing elements for the human being, in This monograph indicates the way in which the removal of this heavy metal present in water from surface sources is carried out as a consequence of one of the activities best known for its position in the world economy, such as gold mining, since mercury It is an element that is used to extract this precious metal in river mining and mercury leaks seriously affect the water, contaminating it and making it impossible for the population downstream to consume it, which is why the different processes are presented here. of treatment that allow the removal of this toxic and can be delivered in admissible values, so that the water can to be consumed both by people, as well as by animals and the different industries in each of their production activities without prejudice and can satisfy the needs of the human being.