Water Purification

 

    

Purpose of water purification

Water purification means to clean, or rather remove contaminants from the water to the point that it can be used for a specific purpose. The specific purpose is to make the water good for human consumption. Water that is safe to drink is called potable water, or drinking water, in contrast to safe water, which can be used for bathing or cleaning.

 

Contaminants

Parasites, viruses, chemicals, metals and bacteria. It makes you wonder how people survived in the old days!

 

Methods of Water Purification

There are different methods to purify the water depending on your situation and source of water. In other words, are you trying to make the water that comes out of your faucet cleaner, are you trying to clean water from a mountain stream, are you trying to refresh stored water, and so on.

Primary methods to purify water are:

Boil it

Use Carbon filtering system

Distillation

Reverse Osmosis

Flocculation

Ozone Water Disinfection

Solar Disenfection

Ultraviolet Light Purifier

Chemical Disinfection (iodine tablets, Iodine Crystals, Sodium dichloroisocyanurate, silver ion/                                                                          chlorine dioxide-based tablets or droplets, Chlorination

The purpose of water purification

The purpose of water purification is to remove undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids and gases from contaminated water. In other words, give you peace of mind that what you are drinking is not going to harm you. Each method has variables in it’s effectiveness. If you are of a cautious state of mind, it is recommended that you have some way to get a chemical analysis of your water as well.

 

Choose which water purification system is best for you. 

 

Peace of mind that you can survive if your water supply is interrupted by, flood, hurricane, natural disaster, civil unrest, etc.

 

 

 

             Drink safe……..Be happy