Water has proven to be essential to everyday lives; yet many individuals in the world lack access to clean water. People need water to survive because this resource provides many benefits in keeping the human body vigorous. Benefits that comes to drinking water is that it helps maintain the balance of bodily fluids (Zelman). A study shows that the human body is composed of 60% of water, in which it helps in digesting,absorbing, or preserving normal body temperature.Other benefits that are included in water is that it helps energize the muscles or maintaining the skin (Zelman). However, not many people are blessed with access to sanitize water for their everyday use. An estimated 768 million people lack access to clean water, and about 185 million
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The reason behind this method is to eliminate bacteria that are formed in that water. Not only was this method effective in eliminating several cases of water-related diseases, but it was also the simplest and easiest method of disinfecting. Cleansing water by boiling it was the only efficient method to use, due to lack of modern-day technologies that could be used to enhance the quality of that water or to recognize the dangerous substance in that water. However, a more efficient method for the purification of water was developed by Hippocrates. Hippocrates, a Greek physician, is known as the first individual to look into water treatment. His method is known as the “Hippocrates sleeve” which is water that is boiled to improve taste; then filtering it through a cloth bag (Quench). The cloth bag is designed to trap any residues that were causing a bad taste or smell in the water. As humans are becoming more industrialize over the years, water has become more of an issue towards human society. During the Middle Ages, minimum attempt in water purification was becoming a problem due to lack of scientific innovations and experiments. After a brief period of inadequate scientific experimentation, the first record of experimentation in water filtration came from Sir Francis Bacon in 1627 (H.O.W.F). Sir Francis Bacon began his experimentation with water after wanting to know if sea water could be purified and cleansed for drinking purposes (H.O.W.F). Sir Francis Bacon used the sand filter method in the desalination of sea water because he believed digging a hole near the shore through which the seawater pass, sand particles would
The reason behind this method is to eliminate bacteria that are formed in that water. Not only was this method effective in eliminating several cases of water-related diseases, but it was also the simplest and easiest method of disinfecting. Cleansing water by boiling it was the only efficient method to use, due to lack of modern-day technologies that could be used to enhance the quality of that water or to recognize the dangerous substance in that water. However, a more efficient method for the purification of water was developed by Hippocrates. Hippocrates, a Greek physician, is known as the first individual to look into water treatment. His method is known as the “Hippocrates sleeve” which is water that is boiled to improve taste; then filtering it through a cloth bag (Quench). The cloth bag is designed to trap any residues that were causing a bad taste or smell in the water. As humans are becoming more industrialize over the years, water has become more of an issue towards human society. During the Middle Ages, minimum attempt in water purification was becoming a problem due to lack of scientific innovations and experiments. After a brief period of inadequate scientific experimentation, the first record of experimentation in water filtration came from Sir Francis Bacon in 1627 (H.O.W.F). Sir Francis Bacon began his experimentation with water after wanting to know if sea water could be purified and cleansed for drinking purposes (H.O.W.F). Sir Francis Bacon used the sand filter method in the desalination of sea water because he believed digging a hole near the shore through which the seawater pass, sand particles would