Understanding Water Quality
The demand for quality drinking water is becoming more intense and distressing, as the supply is shrinking drastically due to Climate Change. A warming environment and Household/Industrial gigantic daily demands for portable water are contributing factors to this global phenomenon. Municipal Water authorities are turning to deep well drilling and Reverse Osmosis to supplement “natural rain water.
The following recent news articles highlight the plight of government controlled water departments to identify and supply fresh water for consumption.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/toxic-forever-chemical-pfas-found-drinking-water-75/story?id=65877630
Water is derived from Rain Fall, the culmination of the last stage in the Water Cycle. (The sun heats up water on land, in rivers, lakes and seas and turns it into water vapor. The water vapor rises into the air; Water vapor in the air cools down and changes back into tiny drops of liquid water, forming clouds; The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the ground in the form of rain or snow; Rain water runs over the land and collects in lakes or rivers, which take it back to the sea. The cycle starts all over again.)
The Chemical components of Water are Hydrogen and Oxygen, two gases. As these compounds rise into the atmosphere, they “fuse” with other airborne chemicals in the atmosphere such as industrial gases, carbon emission from vehicles, indiscriminate burning of waste, ash from bush fires, you name it, these pollutants ends up in the atmosphere and return to the earth with rain. When the rain falls, it settles into the ground (earth) where additional chemicals and compounds are absorbed. Depending on the area of flow to an aquifer, these chemicals and compounds become part of the water, and contribute to its “taste” and fitness for consumption. Some chemicals found in water such as Lead and are extremely harmful to the body such as Lead and Mercury.
The following are general categories of drinking water contaminants and examples of each:
Physical contaminants primarily impact the physical appearance or other physical properties of water. Examples of physical contaminants are sediment or organic material suspended in the water of lakes, rivers and streams from soil erosion.
Chemical contaminants are elements or compounds. These contaminants may be naturally occurring or man-made. Examples of chemical contaminants include nitrogen, bleach, salts, pesticides, metals, toxins produced by bacteria, and human or animal drugs.
Biological contaminants are organisms in water. They are also referred to as microbes or microbiological contaminants. Examples of biological or microbial contaminants include bacteria, viruses, protozoan, and parasites.
To protect consumers from harmful bacteria in the water supply, Chlorine is added to the water supply.
Read more about Chlorination here.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/public/chlorine-disinfection.html
Chlorine is available as compressed elemental gas, sodium hypochlorite solution (NaOCl) or solid calcium hypochlorite (Ca(OCl)2 1. While the chemicals could be harmful in high doses, when they are added to water, they all mix in and spread out, resulting in low levels that kills germs but are still safe to drink.
Chlorine has disinfectant properties that make it useful for cleaning products and swimming pools. It’s even used to sanitize sewage and industrial waste. Chlorine is added to drinking water as a purification technique, despite not being completely safe.
Chlorine is a reactive chemical that bonds with water, including the water in your gut, to produce poisonous hydrochloric acid. Chlorine exposure can cause respiratory concerns and damage cells. Long term effects include memory loss and impaired balance.
Chlorine is removed from drinking during water treatment using Granular Activating Carbon Media.
Read more about the removal of Chlorine using GAC here.
https://www.wqa.org/Portals/0/Technical/Technical%20Fact%20Sheets/2016_GAC.pdf
https://www.airepure.com.au/products/purafil-chemical-media/
There is no doubt that water in it’s’ “Natural” state contains some form of bacteria or chemicals that make it unsafe to drink without some form of filtration. When rain falls it combines with airborne pollutants, then soaks into the ground/ soil. Depending on the route to an Aquifer, this water collects debris, run-offs from the mountains/streams/ghuts/valleys, animals and birds waste. This contaminated water could contain enough organisms called Pathogens that can cause disease upon entering the body. There are four (4) most common form of Pathogens; Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Parasites
Read more about Pathogens here.
https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-a-pathogen
https://worldwaterreserve.com/potable-water/common-waterborne-diseases/
http://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/DrinkingWater/Contaminants/Coliform.aspx
Consumers of our Rain Forest Bottled Water can rest assured that they are drinking safe bottled water processed by Humming Bird Spring. Our water source is the Central Forest Reserve National Park protected area in St.Kitts. The 1956 Water Courses and Water Works Ordinance, gives authority to the Water Department to protect certain fresh water supply sources or intake areas within watersheds. These water intake areas are declared out of bounds to the public by the water department.” We have researched and continue to update or knowledge on “best water practices” and have adopted the international safety stands for quality drinking water. We have a “FULL TIME” HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) Manager who supervises the entire Production Process. We use ONLY ASF (American Science Foundation) approved Media in our Water Treatment Regime.
Our research has discovered that at least one imported bottled water “DASANI” from Trinidad has being adding “Minerals” to their water to “IMPROVE” THE TASTE. This is quite “telling” if a company has to add a “substance” to drinking water to “improve the taste. Consumers of our Rain Forest Bottled Water can rest assured that we DO NOT ADD ANYTHING to our Pure Natural Spring Water. See our production process; http://rainforestbottledwater.com/Our-Processing-Phases-1/
It’s all about the TDS; We TEST and TASTE OFTEN.
Read more about Contaminated Water problems in the “Great and Mighty” USA.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-flint-water-crisis-begins
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