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Drinking Water Contaminants

Drinking Water Contaminants

Clean fresh drinking water is needed by every person on the planet for life, and water is by far the most important nutrient for the human body (besides oxygen). Just how important is water to people? Well over 60 % of our physical being is composed of it, and most experts believe that we cannot survive more than 2-7 days without water. In contrast, people can sometimes go for weeks without eating food.

Since the dawn of time, people have used their senses to filter information about their environment for life and survival. Of course, there are all types of external dangers, but we rely heavily on our sense of taste, smell, and sight when introducing things into our bodies. These sensory perceptions are very keen while we are taking a drink of water. Often, the first thing we notice is the color of the water. There are certain drinking water contaminants in our water that produce a certain discoloration. If our drinking water passes the visual test, the smell is often the next thing that catches our attention. Two common odors that are typically encountered are either a chlorine, or a sulfur smell in water. Moving on to the sense of taste, there are particularly bad tastes, such as the metallic taste of water; this means you need to remove iron from water. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, are contaminants in our water that our senses cannot perceive. These might include bacteria, protozoan cyst, and/or viruses.

Usually these problems with your drinking water can be corrected by the use of water purification and treatment equipment. Below is listed a wide assortment of common water contamination and treatment solutions, their causes, and corrective water filter and or water systems to be used for purification.

Water Contamination in the News  Water Contamination in the News
- U.S. EPA Tries Reducing Water Pollution to Chesapeake Bay: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released draft guidance for federal lands management in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that describes the most effective tools and practices to reduce water pollution

- Unsafe Drinking Water in Schools and How to keep your children Safe: In a new water contamination report, research and data collected shows there are thousands of public schools whose drinking water across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead water contamination, pesticides in water and dozens of other toxins ...

- $185 million to clean Tacoma's clean water : The nonexistent problem is water contamination from cryptosporidium and byproducts of chlorination, which the new filtration system would eliminate …

- Chlorine spike in waterleads to D.C. warning: District officials warned residents in Northwest Washington to stay away from their water for hours Tuesday amid fears of chlorine in water contamination. Water and Sewer Authority officials discovered a chlorine spike about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, officials said in a community alert ...



Water treatment solutions for

Acidic Water Aluminum in Water Ammonia in Water
Arsenic in Water Bacteria Water Treatment Barium in Water
Benzene in Water Bicarbonate Water Alkalinity Borate - Boron in Water
Bromine - Bromide in Water Cadmium in Water Calcium in Water
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in Water Carbon Tetrachloride in Water Chloride in Water
Chlorine in Water Chromium in Water Color in Water
Copper in Water Cryptosporidium Water Treatment Cyanide in Water
Giardia Lamblia Water Treatment Hydrogen Sulfide in Water Iron in Drinking Water
Legionella in Water Magnesium in Water Manganese in Water
Mercury in Water Methane in Water MTBE in Water
Nickel in Water Nitrates in Water Nitrites in Water
Odor in Water Organic Matter in Water Pesticides in Water
pH Water Quality Potassium in Water Radium in Water
Radon in Water Remove Fluoride from Water Remove Lead from Water
Selenium in Water Silica in Water Silver in Water
Sodium in Water Strontium in Water Sulfate in Water
Trihalomethanes "THMs" in Water Uranium in Water Viruses in Water
VOCs in Water Water Hardness Water Taste Bad
Water Turbidity