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Water quality To most people not professionally involved in water quality issues, water is either drinkable (technically potable) or contains potentially harmful or toxic substances. However, the vast majority of surface water on the planet is neither potable nor toxic. This remains true even if we eliminate from consideration the more than 97% of the earth's water found in the oceans (sea water)—too salty to drink. Another general perception of water quality is that of a simple property that tells whether water is polluted or not. In fact, water quality is a very complex subject, in part because water is a complex medium intrinsically tied to the ecology of the entire planet. Interest by individuals and volunteer groups in making local
water quality observations is high, and an understanding of the basic
chemistry of many water quality parameters is an essential first step
to making good measurements. Most citizens harbor great concern over the
purity of their drinking water, but there
is far more to water quality than water
treatment for human consumption. In point of fact, purification of
drinking water is really a different, although obviously related, subject
altogether. Many people in the world live where community water
purification is simply not a reality. For these people, water quality,
even for drinking purposes, relates directly to the local stream, lake,
or groundwater. Thus, at its heart, water quality is about preserving
uses. Not only use of water as a consumable product, but all other uses
such as wildlife habitat, irrigation, swimming, fishing, rafting, and
boating—any or all of which can be adversely impacted by water quality
degradation. Of course, industrial uses are also important, and industries
are always interested in the quality and quantity of water available to
them.
Statements to the effect that "uses must be preserved" are included within water quality regulations for the reason that they provide for broad interpretation of water quality results, while preserving the ultimate goal of the regulations. Technical measures of water quality—that is, the values obtained when making water quality measurements—are always subject to interpretation from multiple perspectives. Is it reasonable to expect a river to be pristine in a landscape that no longer is? If a river has always carried sediment, is it polluted even if the cause is not man induced? Can water quality be maintained when water quantity can not? The questions that arise from consideration of water quality relative to human uses of the water become more complex when consideration must be given to conditions required to sustain aquatic biota. Yet inherent in the concept of preserving uses is a mandate that waterways must be much more than conduits for a fluid we might want to drink, fill our swimming pool with, or carry our wastes out of town. drink water for health | deionized water | causes of water pollution | distilled water | Gastroenteritis | water filter | Giardia lamblia | double distilled water | drinking water | fresh water | hard water | measurement of water-quality | mineral water | other water purification techniques | portable water purification | reverse osmosis in use | reverse osmosis method | reverse osmosis | slow sand filter bed | sources of drinking water | water cleanliness and disinfection | water for everyone | water in everyday life | water pollution | water purification | water quality | water softener | water supply | water treatment methods | water | world day for water | Water distillers | Water filters | Membrane filtration | Water treatment | Reverse osmosis |
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