Importance of Drinking Water Essay

After Flint, Mich., switched from purchasing water via Detroit to sourcing locally from the Flint River, residents began noticing a change in water quality. One resident—Lee Anne Walters—suspected the water might be toxic, and had her water tested for lead. She brought samples to Marc Edwards, an environmental engineer at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a world-renowned expert on water treatment. He found lead levels in her tap water at 13,200 parts per billion; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sounds the alarm at 15 ppb. She subsequently discovered her three-year-old son had blood lead levels so high that he was considered lead poisoned. In fact, researchers estimated 4 percent of all Flint’s children five and under had elevated blood lead--a percentage almost double that seen before the switch to the Flint River water.…

While those living in more developed nations simply have to turn the faucet handles when they want drinking water or to wash our clothes, for countless of millions more worldwide, this simple act often turns into an ordeal. As such, world organizations from several developed and undeveloped nations convened recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to identify and target the five most urgent needs currently found in every third world nation--be it Latin America, Africa or elsewhere. Our article below…

Introduction Water is known to many as the ‘elixir of life’ and is essential to the very existence of human life on Earth (Saunders, n.d.). It is thus imperative that water is made available to humans in an acceptable quantity and quality (Mohanty, 2006) at any given time. Visually, this may seem easy enough to achieve given water is present all around us in various forms and mediums (eg. rainwater). However, the crux of this problem lies in the fact that humans can only consume freshwater. Up…

It’s no secret the Canadian government have been negligent towards the first nation community for the past 150 years. They have been inattentive to issues such as education (residential school), health care, economy, social justice (missing and murdered indigenous woman) and most of all the water crisis. The United Nations have declared access to clean drinking water a basic human right. Did you know Two-thirds of all First Nation communities in Canada have been under at least one drinking water…

around the globe have been suffering from lack of access to drinkable water, hygiene and sanitation. According to the World Health Organization, 2.5 billion people do not have access to decent sanitation. More, almost a billion people defecate in open areas. The lack in proper sanitation and access to sanitation at all causes “1.8 billion people to use source of drinking water fecally contaminated” (WHO). The issue of sanitation and access to water is very important. Thousands of people…

Water is a natural gift given to us by nature. Some of us drink it when we are thirsty and some of us drink it when we are fully hydrated. The surprising thing is that there are some people who do not like drinking water at all. In fact, we need water to keep our health well no matter who we are. The importance of drinking water for our bodies is paramount to our health, because it makes up to 70 percent of our bodies’ weight. Drinking water regularly in daily basis is the best gift we can offer…

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…

INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: 70% of an adult’s body is made up of water. In one year, the average American residence uses about 100.000 gallons of water. Per day, 400 billion gallons of water are being used in the United States. PURPOSE: To inform the audience how consuming enough water is important for the body. IMPORTANCE to AUDIENCE: Certain health diseases that we acquired are caused due to insufficient amount of water in the body. This speech will inform you how drinking the right amount…

would like to share with you some interesting facts about water consumption. Did you know that the average human adult consists of 72% water? That’s right. 72% water. And not only that, but we achieve the highest consistency of water when we are first born, being approximately 90% water weight. B. Relevance – These facts clearly show how vital water is for the human body and how relevant water is throughout our lifespans. As we all obviously know, we must drink water in order to stay alive,…

concentration of lead, route of exposure (air, water, and food), current medical condition, and age. It has been estimated that up to 20 % of the total lead exposure in children can be attributed to a waterborne route, i.e., consuming contaminated water. In addition, infants, fetuses, and young children are particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning. This is because they usually consume more water and their bodies are actively developing, which facilitates the bioaccumulation of lead. Lead…