Ruwa abu ne mai mahimmanci ga dukkan halittu masu rai. Duk da haka, duniya na fuskantar matsalar ruwa saboda gurbatar yanayi, yawan amfani da shi, da kuma raguwar hanyoyin ruwa. Daya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin gurbatar ruwa shi ne zubar da sharar masana'antu zuwa koguna da teku. Hanyoyin lantarki don maganin ruwa sun fito a matsayin hanya mai inganci kuma mai dorewa don magance wannan batu.
Hanyoyin lantarki don maganin ruwa sun haɗa da amfani da makamashin lantarki don tsarkake ruwa. Waɗannan hanyoyin suna amfani da na'urorin lantarki don haifar da halayen sinadarai waɗanda ke lalata gurɓataccen ruwa a cikin ruwa. Hanyoyin lantarki sun sami shahara saboda iyawarsu na kawar da gurɓataccen abu daban-daban, ciki har da ƙarfe mai nauyi, mahadi, da ƙwayoyin cuta.
Akwai hanyoyi daban-daban na electrochemical don maganin ruwa, ciki har da electrocoagulation, electrooxidation, da electrochemical disinfection. Electrocoagulation wani tsari ne wanda ke inganta samuwar coagulant, wanda ke ɗaure ga gurɓatacce kuma ya samar da manyan barbashi waɗanda a sauƙaƙe cirewa daga ruwa. Electrooxidation, a daya bangaren, yana amfani da anodes don samar da nau'in amsawa wanda ke haifar da gurɓataccen ruwa a cikin ruwa. Kwayar cutar sinadarai na amfani da lantarki don samar da sinadarin chlorine, wanda shine daya daga cikin magungunan kashe ruwa mafi inganci.
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan fa'idodin hanyoyin electrochemical don maganin ruwa shine cewa suna da ɗorewa kuma masu dacewa da muhalli. Ba kamar hanyoyin maganin ruwa na gargajiya ba, waɗanda ke amfani da sinadarai da samar da abubuwa masu guba, hanyoyin lantarki suna amfani da wutar lantarki kuma ba sa haifar da wani ɓarna mai haɗari. Bugu da ƙari kuma, hanyoyin lantarki na lantarki suna da ƙarfin kuzari, saboda suna buƙatar ƙananan ƙarfin lantarki kuma suna iya aiki tare da hanyoyin makamashi masu sabuntawa.
An yi nasarar amfani da hanyoyin lantarki don maganin ruwa a cikin masana'antu daban-daban, ciki har da masana'antar abinci, ma'adinai, da noma. Alal misali, an yi amfani da electrocoagulation don cire kwayoyin halitta daga ruwa mai datti a cikin masana'antar abinci, yayin da aka yi amfani da lalata kwayoyin halitta don kawar da kwayoyin cuta a cikin ruwan noma.
A ƙarshe, hanyoyin electrochemical don maganin ruwa sun fito a matsayin hanya mai dorewa da tasiri don magance gurɓataccen ruwa. Wadannan hanyoyin suna amfani da wutar lantarki don kawar da gurɓataccen abu daga ruwa, ba tare da samar da sharar da ke da haɗari ba da ƙarancin amfani da makamashi. Yayin da bukatar ruwa mai tsafta ke ci gaba da karuwa, hanyoyin da ake amfani da sinadarin lantarki don maganin ruwa za su taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tabbatar da dorewar samun albarkatun ruwa.