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I suspect the idea is that mercury is dumped in water, making a toxic-waste mess of the water, which can be resolved by decanting the water off the mercury. The cited ref supports the statement in our article, but I'm not sure how reliable the source is. And I dispute that this actually solves the problem, since elemental-mercury is a known contaminant in water--if it were that easy to make the water completely safe and free of mercury, it would be done. Instead, the Water Quality Association notes that other methods are used to address this contaminant in water.[1] Therefore I think the statement should be removed. DMacks (talk) 23:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]