October 2014 – Hard and Soft Water

Springs water means the water that flows on to the surface from the underground water source in naturally or collect by pumped the underground water through a borehole tapping (According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – FDA). It is collected from the nature, artesian spring or mountain. The drinking spring water is considered to be free from harmful elements and micro-organisms. So unlike other forms of bottled water, this water is not essential to filtered or treated to eliminate impurities. It is usually bottled straightly from the source. It is also consider that it contains a level of minerals which is beneficial to our health. Mineral-rich water typically a neutral or slightly alkaline. This water may assist to neutralize acidity in the body and able to lessen the amount of free radical damage. Many people drink as it is a clean, good and refreshing taste. The calcium and magnesium level of this water is also useful for strong bones and teeth. Artesian spring water (water is naturally pumped) is better than any others drinking spring water.

Consume of spring water has become familiar in drinking and various households purpose instead of municipal water; because municipal water is contaminants with many harmful micro-organisms. It increases the taste of brew coffee or tea.

Although the drinking spring water is health promoted, it has some limitation. A lot of people consider that spring water is pure water. They also believe that it is as mineral water. This mistakes are arises for they don’t know properly about the spring water and many spring water companies divert them to think that so, with their proper advertisement. But all the spring water is not so good. Some of them contains so impurities that they are as like tap water even more worsen than it. These people think that remote mountain spring water is far away from the contamination of the civilization.

Spring water feed our river, some spring water company direct bottled from this water. All places water are not same because geological different; hence some spring water contains low level TDS, on the other hand some are heavy TDS level. Consequently we have to notice that the source of the spring water which we consumed. If the water bottled from the river it may be contaminants by impurities or micro-organisms.

In recent years, spring water consumers are increase rapidly in some development countries such as USA, Canada due to its refreshing taste and health benefits.

Water purification tablets are used to make water safe by killing harmful micro-organisms in water to prevent different water borne diseases as like typhoid, cholera, dysentery and more others. Water purification tablets are used in emergency situation such as travelers, militaries, hikers, campers and emergency organizations and any person else who needs to drink water of questionable quality. It can also be used for continuous in household’s purpose. It is also called water disinfection tablets or water treatment tablets.

Normally water is contaminants by suspended particles, different Inorganic and organic elements that create turbidity and color in water, algae, bacteria, viruses and more others micro-organisms. Water purification tablets are not suitable for all type of water; it is suitable for clear water that is contaminants by bacteria, viruses and many others micro-organisms. If the water is contaminants by suspended particles or turbid then it should be need filtered throughout a cloth or other methods until the water would be clear. After the water is clear then it is suitable for Water purification tablets to make water purified.

Generally Chlorine compounds are the most common type of ingredients that is used in water purification tablets. Chlorine is an excellent disinfectant and able to rapidly destroy a lot of harmful micro-organisms. There are several ingredients that are used in water purification tablets such as Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC), sodium hypochlorite, bleach, iodine, Chlorine dioxide, chloramines and halazone. Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate or Troclosene Sodium ingredient is approved by USA EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and it is more efficient than others ingredient. Chlorine compounds are a chlorine donor, when it is dissolved in water they releases free chlorine and react as a strong oxidant.

Water purification tablets dissolves within minutes and disinfects the water within 30 minutes. It is work a very wide range of water types and reduces total and fecal coliform bacteria and other micro-organisms levels to zero or low risk. It should be careful about inject over dosage. It is recommended that chlorine addition into drinking water should not cross over range between 4 and 8 ppm. Reason chlorine is a toxic gas and overdose can be harmful for human. In USA public utility water generally has 1 to 2 ppm chlorine. The chlorinated water ought to be allowed to sit for at least half an hour prior to being used for drinking purpose.

Although chlorine is an excellent disinfect but it has some drawbacks. For example if the water contain organic compounds, the chlorine may be reacts with some of them and can be form potentially harmful compounds (such as trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids). More over it has limited efficiency against protozoa (as like Giardia lamblia) that form cysts of its life cycle in water. But Iodine tablets are effective against Giardia lamblia.

Many organizations such as WHO, Unicef, Red Cross, Oxfam are used water purification tablets for their emergency aid service in different countries.

Month: October 2014

Drinking Spring Water

Water purification tablets