Water of the correct quality is essential for life. Water naturally contains microorganisms and dissolved salts, which should be sufficientley low levels to be safe for humans to drink.
How good quality/safe to drink water is produced...
1. The water is passed through a filter bed to remove any solid particles.
2. Chlorine gas is then added to kill any harmful microorganisms.
3. Fluoride is added to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay (although too much fluoride can cause discolourisation of the teeth.
To improve the taste and quality of tap water, more dissolved substances can be removed by passing the the water through a filter containing carbon, silver and ion exchange resins.
Any water can be distilled to produce pure water, i.e. water that contains no dissolved substances. The water is boiled to produce steam , which is condensed by cooling it to produce pure liquid water. This process uses a lot of energy, which makes distallation an exspensive process.
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