Quick Facts About Water

• Did you know that up to 2/3 of the human body weight is water? What a tremendous hidden amount! The liquid plasma found in blood has about 90% water while the bones are made up of 22% water!
• The human body will not survive for more than 5 days without water.
• It is a natural solvent for many things such as vitamins, minerals, bacteria, fungi, heavy metals and radioactive substances.
• There are basically 2 groups of water: ground and surface water. Sources for ground water come from rain, snow and rivers where water has been absorbed and trapped into the ground. Common sources for surface water are rivers and lakes.
• Rainwater from the clouds is the purest and freshest form of natural water. However when rainwater is mixed with sulphur emitted to the air from factories, acid rain is formed.
• “Zero” is the word American water-tasters use to rate water that tastes like sludge while “Nirvana” describes clean, clear and sweet-tasting water.
• Carbon dioxide is sometimes added to give water a fizz.
• Water flushes waste, toxins and carcinogenic substances from the body. Urine is water containing these unwanted substances.
• Hard water contains high amounts of calcium and magnesium which makes cleaning and lathering difficult while the more preferred soft water contains high amounts of sodium.

  There 2 types of hardness - temporary and permanent. Temporary hardness can be soften by boiling but not permanent hardness which has to undergo distillation or with the help of water softeners to remove the hardness.

  Softening simply means to remove the calcium and magnesium and in some cases even adding in sodium.

• Chlorine is often added to water to kill bacteria. It does give off a distinctive smell which repels most people from drinking it straight from the tap. Boiling the water can remove the smell.
• Fluoride is also added to fight tooth decay while aluminum hydroxide makes water clear.

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