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Monday, 26 May 2014

Drinking Water Testing Is Essential

By Minnie Whitley


Water quality is increasingly becoming sensitive especially with the fast rate of industrialization and urbanization. The importance of drinking water testing cannot be taken for granted anymore. There are many factors that come into play in H2O distribution. Some of these factors include; ageing distribution systems, contamination at the source and the plumbing nature at our homes.

We can never rely on observation to determine if H2O is safe for drinking. Factors that one should check to determine the quality are not always visible. Again some of the effects of taking contaminated H2O are obvious while others are not. Due to this factor a source may not be conducive but people continue using it because the consequences are not instant. Professionals in water quality need to be careful on public supplies to avoid pandemics triggered by taking contaminated H2O.

Some people argue that they can tell if H2O in their houses is safe for drinking or not. The truth is that it is not easy. Such efforts only rely on your senses to alert you. Senses can only alert someone on a few things such as when it is unappetizing due to a contaminant like sulfur or too much chlorine which lead to a rotten smell.

Contaminated H2O causes various health symptoms. These effects range from slight to severe ones like diarrhea and cramps. The intensity of the health effects due to drinking H2O is determined by amount of harmful chemicals or contaminants present in the water, length of time they have been present, and the quantity of such water taken.

Testing is extremely vital especially in a household using well, springs and cisterns. There are several reasons why such households and others using private H2O should always carry out a test. Most importantly there is no government program or agency that is charged with the responsibility. Due to this H2O analyses is solely the duty of the parties concerned. Unlike public supplies that are analyzed by the government time to time private supplies are not.

It should be noted that most of the public supplies have never been tested. It is critical that people be exposed to the importance of water testing and the risk of not doing so. Most of the countries have made the service convenient and economical for its citizens. Over the recent years laboratory H2O analysis institutions have been throughout the countries bringing the service closer to people.

Another reason why people should be careful on testing is because most of the pollutants found in our systems may not have obvious symptoms. Some of the symptoms are not direct but have long time impact. Some of these tests help save our future generations. This is because information collected from the analyses is kept safely and used in future to determine the quality.

Public awareness should be encouraged so that people understand for importance of testing water before they can use it for drinking. It is advisable that whenever people notice a change in the color, taste or smell of a H2O supply they keep of the site unless proved otherwise through a test.




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