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It is said that water is life and clean water is health . Due to long term development and industrialization useof water has increased immensely since 15-20 years .Population explosion and higher standards of living alsocontributeto increase in demand. On the other hand this has also lead to contamination of water which promotes waterborne diseases. According to climate researchers it has led to water scarcity and 15-20% population suffer from waterscarcity . Currently used techniques are cheap but are not accurate enough. Adopting nanoengineered materials andnanotechnology imbibes new opportunity to explore and adopt water treatment and purification processes. Due to betterproperties and characteristics of nano materials such as specific surface area , reactivity , electrical and opticalproperties use of nanomaterials is encouraged. The use of nano materials is limited due to cost parameter , safe disposaland commercial availability. Further researches and advancements in nanomaterials , nanoadsorbents and nanocarbonsare carried out .In this paper the most extensively studied nano materials are discussed and highlighted .Besides futureaspects of nano materials in water and and waste water treatment are discussed.

H.O.D Dr.Komal Mehta, Prachi Sata, AdityaSaraswat, Devanshu Mehta, “Nano materials in water purification”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 15, pp. -, January 2018.