Why is bleaching powder used in water treatment plants


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State for what purpose bleaching powder used in water treatment plants

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Bleaching powder is used in power plants for purification.

To purify the water, bleaching powder is added because is a purifier and a disinfectant too.

The present impurities and microbes are cleared.

Bleaching powder is chemically called calcium oxychloride.

The formula is CaOCl2.

It frees water from germs.

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