All About Water - Water Quality, Water Filter, Water Resources and Issues

When the time comes, will you be ready? Are you prepared for the worst? A lot has happened. Lately, numerous disasters have occurred. Perhaps luckily, you haven’t been a part of that. But, what if the time comes and it’s your turn? Do you have the necessary equipment and supplies to keep you and your family safe? Every day numerous disasters are happening around the world, whether fire, earthquakes, floods, and other kinds of disasters you could ever think of. Being prepared in times of emergency is a must for all individuals. Being prepared and ready can help save our...

Never think that water on the campground is clean and safe to drink. Waters in rivers, lagoons, lakes, and springs may look transparent and crystal clear, but they also comprise bacteria and viruses that can cause diseases and illnesses. In today's generation, campers or explorers fetch water everywhere without knowing its risks when consumed. They said that their bodies are already immune to drink camping water. Yet, this is not a good enough reason, for health should be a number one priority at all times. To ensure the safeness of campground water, there are three ways to purify it: Boiling...

Drinking-Water: A Most Precious Resource The Earth is 75% water. Out of this, only 2.5% is non-saline. Out of the 2.5%, only 1% is easily accessible for human use and consumption. The rest is are in cold places that receive snow all year long, like Antarctica and Greenland, in glaciers, which can be found in the same area, and in icebergs, which mostly traverse the North Atlantic Ocean. This leaves a mere 0.025% of the Earth’s total water accessible to humans, and this figure still includes polluted rivers, lakes, and streams. If all the water in the world were set...

Various metals are present anywhere in our surroundings. Some are natural flora of the environment, and some are caused by human waste material, and most of the time are caused by pollution. Heavy metals are a relatively similar group of metals that have everyday uses. Heavy metals can be notably toxic to health, and some are essential elements too and plays a vital role in many aspects of life. Though it has no exact meaning in chemistry, heavy metal is used to describe it by using quantitative criteria that measure the atomic weight, atomic number, and density level of heavy...

Little do we know, the public is still skeptical about the safety of their drinking water. Who can blame them? Society has been terrifying enough to trust that even water, nowadays, can be dangerous. Only to consider that water is one of the most important necessities of people. Questions on the safety and portability of drinking water have been a part of human curiosity. Moreover, it has been bugging people ever since. The truth is, we still do not trust if we are taking in water that is safe for consumption or luring ourselves to what should not be. In all...

How Sediments are Formed and the Different Kinds of Sediments Found in Water May it be caused by natural floras of water found in seas, oceans, lakes, waterfalls, and many more, or can be caused by human activities that disrupt the natural state of water and creates turbidity, thus forming sediments in the water. Sediment is a matter or substance that settles at the bottom of any liquid. Caused mainly by human activities, like mining and agriculture, and artificial chemical and waste materials, various particles get mixed up with water. Without interruption with the water's natural state, these particles sometimes...

Pesticides are one of the volatile organic compounds found in the environment. Volatile organic compounds are rapidly evaporating chemicals that are created by man. There are different types of volatile organic compounds aside from pesticides. Those are gasoline, kerosene, thinner used for paints, insecticides, and even arsenic. Pesticides are commonly used to kills or control pests.  A pesticide is chemically designed to kill pests, though not to a specific species but is toxic enough to kill a human being. Pesticides are formulated to be Active or Inert. Active pesticide ingredients are chemical ingredients that directly kill pests, and inert pesticide...

Water has been an integral part of the world. Long been created, it has endured natural catastrophes unharmed and serene as it was since the beginning. It composes at least 70% of both the Earth and the human body; from the most effective water forms like great oceans surrounding the continents, lakes in-between countries, rivers bordering states, and springs bathing forest fauna to small forms that include human extracellular and intracellular fluids. At the same time, development and progress have also been noted to change its phase. With technology constantly upgrading, the Earth has been home not only to natural...