How Do Lime Scale And Water Treatments Help The Environment?

If you want to look after the planet’s wellbeing, water is a good place to start. Water is the most precious chemical compound on Earth and it would be impossible to live on our planet without it. Plus, when you think about how your body is 60% water, and a newborn baby’s is 75%, you begin to see just how important it is to ensure environmental wellness in this way.

You might think that with so much water in the oceans and seas, we have enough to go around, but many people in developing countries do not have water, and have to travel miles just for dirty, polluted water which causes them to fall ill or even die. There is a rising level of pollution in water worldwide, which is largely contaminated by human actions but detrimental to human wellness. So how do you put things right?

Proper water treatment is vital both to your health and the natural environment. Basic water testing as part of site surveys could determine if the water in your area is free of pollutants, by detecting the presence of calcium (lime-scale), iron and manganese, and PH levels. Yet these tests will not be able to identify the specific levels of these pollutants in the water supply, nor will they be able to detect the presence of bacteria.

Therefore, more complex lab testing that analyses both the bacterial and chemical content of water is required. This can provide in-depth specific results for the atomic structure of a water sample, and a water treatment solution can be applied once the sample’s levels of issues have been identified. These issues could be lime-scale, iron, bacteria, sulphur or a low pH, to name a few.

The most common problem in water contamination is lime-scale, especially in the UK. You can see signs of it in the hard, off-white, chalky deposit in your kettles, inadequately maintained hot water central heating systems or in the washing machines, as well as a similar deposit on the inner surface of old pipes. These deposits seriously impair equipment, damaging its components, limiting it performance and shortening its service life.

Therefore, it is vital to test water before you use it and apply the necessary treatments should any of the above be found in your water sample. Your local water treatment company can deal with water problems in your area, and the wellbeing of you, your family and your planet could be significantly improved as a result.

 

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