Get Smart About Water - The Importance of Water Filtration
Water, The Source of Life
What's Happening to the Water?
Water is a gift of natureThe 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.
Is Bottled Water better Than Tap Water?
What do you think is the healthier choice; bottled water or tap water?
Is bottled water better than tap water?
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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.
Yahoo Answers
The Facts about Recycled Water Bottles
Only 1 out of every 10 plastic water bottles sold is actually recycled!
Water Related Sites
Protection Against Water-Borne Diseases
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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Have You Tested Your Water Lately?
Test your water before you spend money on water filters or treatment systems.
Important Blogs About Water
- States digging deep to monitor water
- They are searching for water ? not to drink ? but to watch. State and federal agencies have been watching, or monitoring, lakes and rivers for more than a ...
- Water officials fear Calif. Aqueduct could sink
- Fearing the main canal carrying drinking water to millions of Southern Californians is sinking again, water officials are monitoring the effects of ...
- Tucson rainwater harvesting law drawing interest
- "What we learned frankly is that we're wasting a lot of water. It's been our tradition here to shove it into the streets and get rid of it as soon as ...
- Veolia puts UK water arm up for sale-paper
- LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - French water and environmental services company Veolia Environnement (VIE.PA) has put its UK water arm up for sale to raise money ...
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.
Water Filtration Products
Different types of water filtration products.
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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monarch13 wrote...
Thanks for joining The Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Group. 3 stars!
Zarea wrote...
It is really scary when you think about it. I recently read about male fish that are becoming female, and vice versa. These fish have been found in the reservoirs where we get our water supply. They think it is because of all of the extra hormones that end up in our sewage systems, and from the runoff from cattle injected with growth hormones.
RinchenChodron wrote...
Wow purify drinking water using only sunlight - what a great idea. Great lens *****

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