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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

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As the sad situation unfolds with Japans Nuclear Crisis, rescue workers, nuclear specialist, government officials and Japanese citizens are take precautions to safeguard themselves against radiation contamination. There is a deepening concern for people’s health as these nuclear reactors begin to emit radiation into the environment. Learn more about Personal Radiation Meters
3-15-2011: Tests revealed traces of radiation in tap water in Fukushima City Japan, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Daiichi nuclear plant, the local government stated.

- EPA Developing New Rules to Target Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water : About four percent of public water systems have detected perchlorate and between 5 million and 17 million Americans may be exposed to contaminated drinking water containing perchlorate. Exposure to perchlorate in drinking water is dangerous, especially for pregnant women, infants and children, because it can harm the body’s production of hormones necessary for mental and physical development, and reverse osmosis drinking water systems are one of the recommended treatment solutions for this type of water contamination…

- US Says Too Much Fluoride Causing Splotchy Teeth: Federal health officials say many Americans are now getting too much fluoride because of its presence not just in drinking water but in toothpaste, mouthwash and other products, and it's causing splotches on children's teeth and perhaps more serious problems. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science....

- 31 cities’ tap water has cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, study says: The Environmental Working Group released a report Monday indicating that millions of Americans are regularly drinking hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen in their tap water. Water supplies were tested from 35 U.S. cities and found that samples from 31 cities contained hexavalent chromium water contamination. The highest concentrations were found in Norman, Okla.; Honolulu; and Riverside, Calif.

- 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 ...

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	Chloramine Water Filters
Chloride in Water	Chlorine in Water	Chromium in Water
Color in Water	Copper in Water	Cryptosporidium Water Treatment
Cyanide in Water	Fluoride in Water	Giardia Lamblia Water Treatment
Hydrogen Sulfide in Water	Iron in Drinking Water	Lead in 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	Perchlorate in Water
Pesticides in Water	pH Water Quality	Potassium in Water
Radium in Water	Radon in 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