Tap Water Essay

Around the world people use clean and filtered water in their daily lives to survive, ranging from bottled water that we use to drink to keeping our hygiene and brushing our teeth and keeping our bodies clean and hydrated. Although there is water accessible across the globe, several countries, such an example would be Africa, that do not have clean and reliable water due to natural events- erosion, dirt, rain, trash, and more. The events and catastrophes that happen in the world can lead to fatal events. Dirty water leads to epidemic diseases which are problems in developing countries. There are more than 2100 known drinking water contaminants that may be present in tap water. The issue that is being represented is being able to clean up several different contaminated waters- measuring up to 8 ounces of water to be cleaned- with the water filtration system. The goal is to be able to get as many contaminated waters to drinking level as possible. Some areas that are in need of importance is the water being in between the recommended pH level- 7.2 to 7.4- to be able to drink without getting any symptoms- some …show more content…
What we know about this issue is that there are about 2,100 known drinking water contaminants that may be present in JUST tap water. Not counting those countries that rely heavily on rivers and canals as their source of drinking water. This unpurified water leads to an epidemic of diseases caused by the water contaminants. It is unsafe for the people to drink unpurified water because of the lack of resources. What we know is that the portable water filter we will build will be most effective at removing many common diseases/ cancers that contaminate one's drinking water according to one of our sources. It can also remove chlorine and bacteria contaminants. Even though we have all this information of the water filter, we still do not know how many toxins are present in all types of