Why is water so important to humans?
Importance of
Water
Water covers three-quarters of the Earth we live in. It is an essential ingredient of life. It makes up a large part of our body. In some of our organs, such as the brain, this can even go up to 80-90%.
If you write down the most important elements for life, where is the water in it?
Water and Life
Undoubtedly, the most important element for life is air. We can only live for few minutes without air. After that, water comes, we can only live without water for a few days, then our food comes, it is possible to live for a month or two without consuming any solid food by simply breathing in air and drinking water. It is clear from this that water is of vital importance.
Can we say that we should consume quality water for a healthy life?
Quality Water
Very true, quality water is one of the most important elements of a healthy life.
How about poor quality water? What determines the quality of water?
Difference
in Water
A quality water is water that has been scientifically proven to be suitable for health. In nature, water can be found in different places such as sea, lake, river, underground, glaciers, clouds. The waters are polluted by being exposed to various environmental pollutants in the open. In addition to domestic wastes, industrial wastes can mix with surface waters. Salts in the soil, fertilizers in the fields, animal feces, sewage wastes mix into the waters and cause an increase in the heavy metals such as iron, zinc, mercury, lead and chromium in the waters. The continuous entry of these into the human body with water can cause many diseases, including cancer. In addition, the presence of bacteria or viruses called microbes in the waters can cause different epidemic diseases, especially cholera.
Which waters are drinkable?
Which Water?
Healthy potable water should be clear in appearance, odorless and colorless. In chemical and microbiological analyzes, the amounts of minerals contained in it should be within the measurement limits and should also not contain bacteria and viruses. Radoactivity properties should also be below a certain amount. All this is explained in great detail in the water regulation issued by the Ministry of Health. For water regulation, see the General Information About Water Section below.
How is Natural Spring water different from tap water?
Naturalness
Natural Spring waters are waters coming from underground. These are the reserve waters formed by the water above the ground by filtering from the different rock layers on the earth for many years. They pass through a natural filtering as they go underground, wait there for many years, and return to the earth in the same way. They contain the appropriate minerals necessary for life.
Tap Water is usually water from dams in big cities. The waters in the dams are fed from small and large streams around the dam. Streams are generally unsuitable for drinking water with bacterial contamination. Therefore, these waters are subjected to chemical and biological treatment in treatment plants, kept in holding pools, the solids in them are cleaned with precipitating polymers, filtered through sand and coal filters, ventilated, disinfected with ozone or chlorine and given to the cities. These waters generally do not contain bacteria as they contain chlorine, but chlorine is not really a preferred thing in drinking water. Too much chlorine is not healthy. Also, since these waters travel a long way from dams to home, they can become polluted along the way. It’s like the rusty water that comes first when the faucets that haven’t been used for a while are opened. Therefore, if we have the means, we should consume packaged and natural spring water.
What does the Analysis on the label of the waters mean?
Analysis of
Water
Natural spring waters are sold in 19 liter carboys or 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.5 and 5 liter pet bottles and it is possible to see some chemical analyzes on their labels.
