This document discusses feed water treatment in thermal power plants. It classifies water impurities as visible, dissolved gases, minerals and salts, acids, and hardness. It describes troubles caused by impurities like scale formation, corrosion, carryover, and embrittlement. Methods of treatment discussed include mechanical (sedimentation, coagulation, filtration), thermal (deaeration), chemical (lime soda softening, ion exchange), demineralization, and blowdown. It also covers pH value and its importance in determining water's acidity or alkalinity.