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Abstract Water contamination by numerous toxic contaminants has become one of the gravest problems in the universe. Clean water is vital for human beings. The requirement of pure water is useful for many purposes like, drinking, preparation of food, proper hygiene and others. Appropriately, from the total number of the world population, one-half of the earth population faces severe challenges for getting clean water. About 2.1 billion people unavoidably drink water from sources having fecal contamination resulting in the death of a couple of million children once a year. To solve the shortage of clean water in the world, researchers are developing various economic technologies to decontaminate and to bring purify water. Nanomaterials-based knowledge offers a commercial and effective substitute for water purification and for reduction of decontamination. Developing nanomaterial base technologies have remarkable advantages for the reduction of antimicrobial activity and thus the power to effectively remove organic and inorganic pollutants from water. As nanomaterials exhibit notable antimicrobial and antiparasitic activities against waterborne pathogens and parasites of primary concern. Nm also demonstrates the facility to take in toxic chemicals like mercury and dyes from polluted water. Nanomaterials are being advanced to exhaust these problems and to combine two or more desirable properties for water purification. In extensive and in large scale use of nanomaterials for water purification presently may become a reality because of the improved technologies and the vast problems of the cleaned water. However, for successful commercialization of the technology, some inherent holdups need to be addressed adequately. This review discusses the potential role of nanomaterials within the purification of water.