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How Water Filtration Eliminates Contaminants in Drinking Water

Welcome! This lens discusses where the contaminants in our drinking water come from, and how water filtration works to eliminate them. Read about water-related diseases, the need for clean water in the developing countries, and what you can do about it.

Water, The Source of Life 

What's Happening to the Water?

Water is a gift of nature

The total amount of water on the earth is finite, while man's capacity for pollution is accelerating fast with the growth of population, agriculture and industry across the globe. Local water bodies may very quickly be exhausted and become polluted due to greed and ignorance; water can become a source of death and disease rather than life.

Today, at least one-fifth of all people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water.

In developing countries, most cities discharge 80 to 90 % of the untreated sewage directly into rivers and streams, which are used for drinking, bathing and washing. This lack of sewage treatment has allowed dangerous microorganisms to spread water-borne diseases; particularly diseases transmitted by vectors which live in the water environment account for about a third of all deaths in the world.

The growing pollution of our rivers constitutes the biggest threat to public health.

Polluted waters lead to various gastrointestinal problems, liver infections, cancer, etc. Children are often the worst affected, dying in large numbers because of diarrhea. Even in the 1990s more than 1 million children died due to diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders.

Naïade; the mobile water purifier for developing countries 

Drinking Water in the Developing World

(October 7, 2009) Scott Fendorf, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, presents interdisciplinary Environmental Venture Project research on arsenic pollution in groundwater drinking supplies in Southeast Asia sponsored in part by the Woods Institute for the Environment. Stanford University www.stanford.edu Woods Institute for the Environment http Environmental Biogeochemistry at Stanford soils.stanford.edu Woods Institute Environmental Venture Projects http Stanford University ...

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Water Statistics 

The need is great in the Developing World!

1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water

2.9 billion people do not have adequate sanitation facilities

11,000 children die each day of water-related diseases

Water-related diseases

The water-related infections of man are extremely numerous and diverse. In general the following are the ways in which diseases may be carried by water.

* Pathogenic organisms are transmitted from one person to another through their domestic water supply. (e.g.) cholera, typhoid and hepatitis.

* Inadequate water supply, lack of personal cleanliness (e.g.) trachoma and skin infection

* Infection transmitted by organisms which live in water. (e.g.) helminths (parasitic flukes) that spend part of their life cycle in water.

* Insect vectors which are related in some way to water transmit inflection. (e.g.) yellow fever, malaria etc.

The Facts about Recycled Water Bottles

Only 1 out of every 10 plastic water bottles sold is actually recycled!

Protection Against Water-Borne Diseases 

Water Filtration Tips

It is necessary to be careful about the water you drink and the water you bathe in, since water is a carrier for a number of diseases.

Drinking water

* Filter water with a good quality purifier (ultraviolet or reverse osmosis)

* Boil un-treated water to 100°C for 10 to 15 minutes

* All fruit and vegetables that will not be cooked must be peeled after soaking them in treated water

* Do not eat ice-creams, drinks, etc., sold by street vendors

* Clean your teeth preferably with treated water

Water: $16 Billion Waste of Money 

Water: $16 Billion Waste of Money

You buy bottled water to be healthy, but tap water is proven as good or better, and it has the flouride kids need. Also, the plastic bottles can not be recycled as fast as we drink them, so the landfills are filling up and only 1 of 4 plastic bottled are recycled. We are polluting the earth by drinking bottled water!

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Your Water - Your Health

What you put into your body affects your health.
Make it your business to know what you are drinking. There are contaminants in bottled water that you need to be aware of.

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Water Filtration Tip: Test your water before you spend money on water filters or treatment systems.

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Water Resources 

Water Test Kits
Clear directions, easy methods, and top quality non-toxic test ingredients assure you of reliable test results.
5-stage Reverse Osmosis System
Under the Counter Reverse Osmosis System provides safe, pure water using Reverse Osmosis Technology. It's capable of removing over 90% of total dissolved solids, +99% of all organics and +99% of all bacteria.

Websites of Interest 

Excel Water Technologies
Offers reverse osmosis water filters, softeners, and purification as well as under the counter water treatment.
Green Living - Water Bottles Which One Should You Use
What type of re-usable water bottle should you use?
LensMasterWorld.com
A directory for Squidoo Lensmasters.
Purging Plastic - Safe Reusable, Alternative Water Bottles
A squidoo site that talks about plastic water bottles.

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