Potable water, really Potable?
@grecychunny26 (9482)
Philippines
June 26, 2007 8:32pm CST
Drinking water is water that is intended to be ingested by humans. Water of sufficient quality to serve as drinking water is termed potable water whether it is used as such or not. Although many sources are utilized by humans, some contain disease vectors or pathogens and cause long-term health problems if they do not meet certain water quality guidelines. Water that is not harmful for human beings is sometimes called safe water, water which is not contaminated to the extent of being unhealthy. The available supply of drinking water is an important criterion of carrying capacity, the population level that can be supported by planet Earth.
2 responses
@ssh123 (31071)
• India
18 Dec 07
The water supply department gets water from rivers and rivulets and it is brought to a huge underground tank through pipes. They put chlorine and send it through pipes to every household. It is not potable Therefore we boil it, cool it, filter it and then use it. Once this process is done is it really nice to see the water in a glass, it looks so pure and feel like drinking.
How many cups of water you drink every day? I drink 2 litres.
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I know that some water can really make people sick.Every time i think about people in theold days having to drink out of the river and old wells. I am like aahhh. It's a good thing that most of our water is drinkable!
