Please answer the following question: Suggest a strategy using selective precipitation (which salts containing precipitating ion would you add and in what order) to purify wastewater contaminated with Ag+, Ba2+, Fe3+ and Na+. The purified water should only contain Na+ which is safe to drink.

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Suggest a strategy using selective precipitation (which salts containing precipitating ion would you add and in what order) to purify wastewater contaminated with Ag+, Ba2+, Fe3+ and Na+. The purified water should only contain Na+ which is safe to drink. 

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