Is Your Drinking Water Contaminated?
If so, Here Are 4 Ways to Rectify this Problem
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Here are 4 ideas on how your drinking water may be contaminated and possible solutions:
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1. Stop Physical Contaminants
One of the easiest ways to know that your drinking water may be contaminated is to see sediment floating in it. Some sediment ends up there because farmers are forced to plant every inch of land to try to feed the world. This leads to soil erosion.
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Meanwhile, in areas with mines, numerous drinking water supplies have sediments from the mining industry in them. The reason is because many of these water systems were built before the Civil War. The solution is to build new water treatment plants with the latest filtering equipment. This should help resolve this issue.
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2. Halt Chemical Contaminants
Adding chlorine to drinking water to purify it can cause poisonous hydrochloric acid to build up in the stomach and intestines often leading to respiratory problems and possibly cancer too.
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Over 1.7 trillion gallons of water is lost every year because of water pipe breaks in American cities with many 100-year-old pipes being made of lead that seep into everyone’s system when they drink water.
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Lead has been shown to increase autism rates and cause other health problems including cardiovascular issues which could lead to strokes and heart attacks.
The toll this exerts on the body can cause the body to break down leading to premature aging.
Chlorine and lead are not the only chemical contaminants found in water systems as mercury, arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls, perchlorates and many other chemicals are found there too.
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Ideas abound on how green energy could be used to transport water where it is needed at a fraction of the cost to continually fix water pipe breaks.
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3. End Biological Contaminants
Microbiological contaminants caused by bacteria and viruses is one of the most common reason that water tests dirty.
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Around the globe, over 200 million cases of typhoid fever are reported annually. Boiling, chemical treatment, and UV light treatment can help stop biological contaminants. There is an uptick in typhoid cases in the United States, but scientists are not sure why that is happening.
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While bacteria and viruses are a major concern, they are not the only one as parasites and protozoans regularly show up in the drinking water supply.
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Drinking bottled water may be one solution because the water goes through a nine-stage filtration process before it is bottled.
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4. Terminate Radiological Contaminants
Ionizing radiation has been found in drinking water.
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Generally, this radiation can be divided into three types. Alpha and beta particles can cause skin problems along with breathing issues. The most dangerous, however, are gamma rays because they can cause cells to die. Changes in the climate may be causing more radiation in the drinking water supply.
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Furthermore, plans must be made if the drinking water system becomes contaminated in major areas.
There are no simple answers to the water drinking crisis. Consider supporting long-term solutions while drinking filtered bottled water.
Post by Hannah Whittenly
https://Twitter.com/HannahWhittenly
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