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  • on 04.04.2010
  • at 10:05 AM
  • by Rob

Drinking Water | Whats The State Of Today? 0

Apr4

Water simply put represents life for human beings. Water provides life, breath and food for animals and humans alike. Water provides the required proteins to body cells in solved format. Water does so much for us and for all living organisms across the planet. Nothing indicates more the importance of water conservation in our daily life.

Water is actually a chemical compound. Each water molecule is made up of two oxygen and one hydrogen molecule. Its symbol is H2O. Water is also called as universal solvent, as many of the universe substances dissolves in it.

Our world is made up of  2/3 rds water; this means 2 parts water and 1 part land. That is the reason our earth looks so blue from sky. We have almost unlimited sea water and water cycles through various phases, clouds, then rain, then back to sea, retaining the total quantity constant. Water exists in three states, solid, liquid and vapours and can be transferred from one state to other state easily. Though we have lots of lots of water, the amount of useful water is very much less than the overall quantities available. Our main sources of drinking water are rivers, and underground water.

A person generally drinks 3-4 litres of water each day, and wastes 2-3 litres of water each day. Unfortunately as said earlier we don’t have drinking water in sufficient quantity, and hence we should endeavour to preserve it because the price of converting sea water to drinking water at this time too high.  This may mean that a drinking water shortage may not be far away. Until we get the price down or come up with other methods to convert sea water into a drinkable form we need to preserve water as much as possible. Another serious risk is if we pollute water too much, whether it be sea water or drinking water. Sea water is essential for fishes and other water animals living in the sea and drinking water is essential for humans and land living animals. Polluting the water means affecting our own lives.

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