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    Water is a very important commodity to live. Some people say it’s a right, but others at as if it’s a privilege, and as a result, people lack it. The human body is about sixty percent water, but in what I have seen just in my twenty years of life, people do not drink merely enough of it. Instead, water has been replaced as a go-to drink by things like milk, coffee, pop, or energy drinks, but natural energy lies in water. With water we can be more energized, awake, and of course, hydrated, which all

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    All of us need water; our body is made approximately of 60% of water. This liquid is so important for us that over the years the way in which it is delivered to the consumer had developed to increase the quality of the final product. In order to give to the consumer high quality drinking water, the distribution systems had to be developed to insure that the same water in which goes out of the water treatment plant is the water in which goes out of the consumer’s sink. Over the years some methods

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    existence of water is critical to life on Earth. The world has been set up in a way that makes mankind heavily dependent on water for cultivation, sanitation, transportation, and most importantly, survival. However, over the last two centuries, while revolutionary technologies and discoveries have raised the overall standard of living, water quality has deteriorated significantly. The United Nations (UN) estimate that the amount of waste-water produced annually is six times more than the water that exists

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    talk about how the ocean water is desalinated to drinking water. Desalination, or what is commonly known as desalting, is a process which removes salt and other impurities from seawater to produce fresh water. Many countries are using desalination as of way to have more reliable fresh water. Some of the countries that are currently using desalination plants are Algeria, Aruba, Australia, United Arab emirates, United kingdom, United States.[3] The process involves forcing water molecules through semipermeable

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    Chlorine is added to drinking water, as a disinfectant, to get rid of harmful bacteria, which are usually present in areas from where the water is obtained. The controversy of this issue is that chlorination can work as an advantage or as a disadvantage to those consuming it. Chlorine is currently the most effective water treatment when compared with other alternatives. However, it also reacts with natural organic compounds present in the water to produce harmful chemicals that on a long-term basis

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    and corporate ownership. Known as the "Land of Lakes and Volcanoes," and reveling in its status in Central America as the country with the most fresh water, Nicaragua has very little safe drinking water. Those who cannot afford to purchase water are extremely vulnerable to a variety of health issues.Nicaragua has been debating the results of water privatization for

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    reason to appeal to its viewers. The dirty river signifies that there is no good drinking water for the people in the area. They even have to step in the water before they can fetch it. “Their drinking water is dirty, unsafe and it could kill them, claim by Alyssa Milano. In the video, the containers the boys are using to fetch the water are not hygienic. It is dirty. Moreover, they are washing their face and feet in water they are supposed to drink which is not safe. Another thing the video revealed

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    For the past seventy years, fluoridated drinking water has provided people across the country daily dental care, straight from the tap. Named one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century by the CDC, fluoridated water substantially reduces tooth decay, making fewer emergency dentist visits as easy as sipping a cup of good old fashioned H2O. Yet dangerous misinformation about fluoridated water persists. As Thomasville, High Point, Lexington and Denton’s most trusted source for

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    rise from the warm sanctuary of my multiple blankets and pillows in order to start my day. After the hour or so of preparing for the day ahead, I decide that it is time to hydrate myself by drinking water. However, this is not just any ordinary water. It is Dasani, my favorite affordable brand of bottled water. As I reach my refrigerator, I am met with immense dismay as I learn that my supply has been emptied out. Seeing as though I typically go grocery shopping anyway on Thursdays, this disappointment

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    It was a beautiful day. It was dark, cool, and damp, just the way I like it. I looked over at Cassandra and Connor, and they were having just as much fun as I was drinking the water that fell down on us. The light breeze made my hair blow to one side. The ground was moist, making it perfect for everything we do: eat, drink, sleep and socialize. Although this was paradise to us, there were many dangers in that world. One being the dangerous man that picked mama off of the ground and took her

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