Water is a good place to start if you want to look after the planet’s wellbeing, or your own. Water is the most precious chemical compound on Earth and it would be impossible to live on 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.
Because there’s so much water in the oceans and seas – and in the rain in this country – you can think that there’s enough to go around. However, many people in developing countries do not have water, and have to travel miles just for dirty, polluted water which causes them to become 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.
Therefore, it is easy to see how 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. However, more complex lab testing – which analyses both the bacterial and chemical content of water – 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.
Here in the UK, the most common problem in water contamination is lime-scale. 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. However, you can prevent this by descaling your appliances regularly, and contacting your local water treatment company to deal with water problems in your area.
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