What Chemicals Are Added To Water Before It Reach To Us?

Almost 70% of the earth is covered by water and almost 70% of human are fluids (water).Water is the necessity for all livings in order to survive .Beforetime, mans have to take the pails to the wellspring or river to take water. Nowadays we can easily get the water by turning the tap of water. Water actually is being artificially treated such as kills the bacteria and removal of undesirable substances from water before it reach customer’s tap. Let discover the chemicals that are added to water…

i)Potassium Permanganet
-remove the minerals from water
-improve the taste of water

ii)Alum
-coagulate the fine particles to larger particles that can be removed by filtration.

iii)Lime
-neutralize the pH of water

iv)Chlorine
-improve quality of water
-protect the water from contamination
*Most important chemical that added in terms of public health

v)Polyphosphate
-prevents the corrosion of water lines

vi)Fluoride
-reduce the tooth decay in children

Water are vastly being polluted nowadays.Man put a lot of efford on it in order to maintain the water quality...
sources:www.greensboro-nc.gov