REcycled water is clean enough to drink
Recycled Water Is Clean Enough To Drink
The quality of water before and after it has been recycled:
Before: Water before it has been recycled can contain disease, micro-organisms and other contaminants. It can also carry health and environmental risks. This water can also contain unwanted bacteria.
After: Water after it has been recycled has had all its micro-organisms, disease, and chemicals removed. The highest standard of recycled water is known as ‘Class A’ water. Uses for Class A water could include: flushing the toilet in urban dual pipe schemes and human use.
Do other countries have a drinking standard?
China- China has a very bad drinking standard. Three hundred million people in China lack the access to safe drinking water. Out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, 16 of them are in China.
Singapore- Singapore uses recycled water for drinking. Singapore’s method of recycling water is called NEWater. The system works by importing water from Malaysia then it desalinates the sea water while adding in ingredients to make it drinkable. The NEWater plant has a capacity to produce 189 million litres of NEWater a day. NEWater is a high quality water source.
The changes of science or technology that have improved the quality of water.
Through the advances of technology the quality of water has improved due to many reasons like us putting in chlorine into our water to kill micro-organisms. The recycled water nowadays is also much cleaner than it was a century ago because of all of our advanced inventions and machines that go through our water checking for bugs, micro-organisms and bacteria everyday.
The quality of water before and after it has been recycled:
Before: Water before it has been recycled can contain disease, micro-organisms and other contaminants. It can also carry health and environmental risks. This water can also contain unwanted bacteria.
After: Water after it has been recycled has had all its micro-organisms, disease, and chemicals removed. The highest standard of recycled water is known as ‘Class A’ water. Uses for Class A water could include: flushing the toilet in urban dual pipe schemes and human use.
Do other countries have a drinking standard?
China- China has a very bad drinking standard. Three hundred million people in China lack the access to safe drinking water. Out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, 16 of them are in China.
Singapore- Singapore uses recycled water for drinking. Singapore’s method of recycling water is called NEWater. The system works by importing water from Malaysia then it desalinates the sea water while adding in ingredients to make it drinkable. The NEWater plant has a capacity to produce 189 million litres of NEWater a day. NEWater is a high quality water source.
The changes of science or technology that have improved the quality of water.
Through the advances of technology the quality of water has improved due to many reasons like us putting in chlorine into our water to kill micro-organisms. The recycled water nowadays is also much cleaner than it was a century ago because of all of our advanced inventions and machines that go through our water checking for bugs, micro-organisms and bacteria everyday.