Question: Will you ensure that the water i drink is 100 % clean ? so that my tummy doesnt hurt
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@ Jennifer and Blaire, yes this is a good point. Not all bacteria are bad for us and nothing is 100% clean.
By BRIDGE8 under license from Mangorolla CIC 2024
Hi Benjammin and Kua0001,
The water that we drink from the tap in our homes is cleaned and tested all the time, by the water treatment plant. I don’t work for the water treatment company, but there are special scientist (chemist and environmental scientist) that use big testing equipment to make sure the water coming to our homes is safe to drink. This is why Chlorine is add to water that comes to our homes, it kills all the bad germs that can make us sick. A few months ago this happen where I live. The water treatment company came to all the homes and gave us bottled water, they sent letters and people came to the house to tell us not to drink the water from the tap. After all the bad bugs where killed with chlorine, they flushed the pipes with clean water and we could use our taps again.
You should never drink water straight from creeks and rivers, because this water has not been treated, and could make you sick.
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Shona is right. Water companies are constantly testing the drinking water for viruses and certain species that make us sick. If any water sample fails a test then the water company will send a letter out telling you to avoid drinking the water until the problem is corrected. However, it is important to realise that bacteria are EVERYWHERE and most bacteria are not harmful to us. In fact we need to be in contact with bacteria to be healthy! There are more bacterial cells on your body than there are your own cells! Sounds disgusting I know! but scientists have discovered that bacteria also protect us and we wouldn’t survive very long without them! So in answer to your question, your water will never be 100% clean because a) it is impossible to kill all bacteria off and b) we don’t need to kill all the bacteria off, we actually need them to live! Only certain species are harmful. 🙂
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Hi Benjamin and kua0001,
Shona and Jennifer have done a great job of answering your question. I just want to reiterate the point that Jennifer made that nothing is 100% clean. Many people worry too much about bacteria and small creatures in our environment. The fact is that the world wouldn’t be the place it is without them. They do a lot of cleaning up after us, by eating our waste and turning it into something useful. We just have to make sure we don’t eat or drink the wrong kinds of bacteria.
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