REMOVAL OF SILICA Water Treatment of Silica
Water Treatment of Silica. Natural waters, generally, contain about 58 mg/l of silica (Si0,). Another important source of silica in water is the sand watertreatments water treated by limesoda process is filtered through a sand water filter, a good amount of silica dissolves in it (forming calcium and magnesium silicates) due to alkaline nature of waters.