Problems of the treatment of highly mineralized water from surface sources. Today, more than 70% of rivers and lakes has lost its main function as sources of drinking water. An important problem is to find technological solutions that take into account the territorial features and allows you to create reliable purification of saline natural waters with minimal capital and operating costs. In the present paper presents the results of a study of the composition and properties of natural raw chocolate clay Altonaga field, studied its sorption properties.
Keywords: the quality of water, saline water, surface water sources, the sorbent