Why is water purification is necessary?
Clean water and oxygen are essential to life. It is a sad fact that something as crucial like clean drinking water can no longer be guaranteed. Unsafe water is not just a third world problem. Safe drinking water can be hard to find in industrially developed countries such as the U.S and Western Europe. According to research articles, most tap and well water is not safe for drinking due to heavy industrial and environmental pollution. We have reached a point that, all our sources, including municipal water systems, wells, lakes, rivers, and even glaciers, contain some level of contamination. Contaminants range from naturally-occurring minerals to man-made chemicals and by-products. While many contaminants are found at levels not enough to cause immediate discomforts or sicknesses , it is proven that even low-level exposure to many common contaminants will, over time, cause severe illness including liver damage, cancer, and other serious ailments. Even the chemicals commonly used to trea
