How to Find Water and How to Make Water Safe to Drink by Robert Wayne Atkins. How to Find Water and How to Make Water Safe to Drink Copyright © 1998, 2010, 2012 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. All Rights Reserved. For Fair Use and Educational Purposes Only. Click Here for a Microsoft WORD printer friendly copy of this article. The three basic necessities which sustain life are: 1. air, 2. water, and 3. food. The Rule of Threes states that a person can live for: three-minutes without air, three-days without water, and three-weeks without food.
Without water or any other fluids, a person will die in about three days. Therefore, since water is one of life's most basic necessities, it is a subject we should not take for granted. Some Interesting Facts About Water and The Human Body The Human Body: 60% of our body is water. 75% of our brain is water. 83% of our blood is water and it transports nutrients and oxygen to the cells of our body. Water is necessary to properly digest food. Our urine is almost all water and it is how our body flushes and rids itself of toxic wastes. 1. Katadyn Pocket Water Microfilter: Sports & Outdoors. Water Preserver Concentrate: Sports & Outdoors. How to Purify Water amount of bleach per gallon. Comments The above text is designed to be printed, cut-out, and taped inside a cabinet door, or saved as a reminder. 6 % sodium hypochlorite solution, referred to as " common household chlorine bleach", is not a seriously poisonous substance to humans.
It is an alkaline salt. It is not an "acid". However It very, very effectively kills bacteria and viruses upon contact. All long-standing water that is exposed to air and sunlight grows bacteria and other organisms which may include the very troublesome protozoa, Giardia. It should be noted that fish, mosquitoes, algae, etc. can not - and do not live - in poisonous water. New well-water should ALWAYS be tested by the drilling company to determine if the water coming from the ground is truly safe for drinking. Without any doubt, the easiest way to insure clean, safe, pure drinking water, is to instal a water purification system that acts both as a filter, and a purifier.
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