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Water-quality is a controversial subject because it is not a fixed and agreed upon property. Different Authorities issue their own Water Standards. In different locations and at different times one can find unlike propositions that may get people confused.

Furthermore competing industries with strong interests struggle for their share of the market.

A long list of Online Resources on Water-quality used to be displayed in this page until I realized that readers may prefer a succinct summary to such a list.

Therefore this page has now been rewritten to convey a short exposition of the subject, while the Resources are still available for readers who ask for them using the Contact Us Form.

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Water-quality, expressed in regard to physical, chemical and biological characteristics, is measured according to accepted standards for different types of water bodies and locations and according to desired uses.

The primary uses considered for such characterization are parameters which relate to drinking water, safety of human contact, and for health of ecosystems.

Ambient water quality standards of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, and oceans vary significantly from country to country due to different environmental conditions, ecosystems, and intended human uses.

In the natural environment, excluding desert places, rainfall is either intercepted by vegetation or percolates slowly through the soil to receiving waters.

In urbanized, densely built areas, rainfall that used to be filtered slowly downhill becomes surface runoff. Water flowing across impervious surfaces such as asphalt, concrete, and rooftops, is channeled into storm drains.

A responsible attitude of authorities in charge of permitting construction of roads and of parking lots should order the usage of porous flooring materials to permit seepage while avoiding surface runoff. Modern technology provides suitable solutions.

The disruption of the natural hydrological cycle causes stormwater runoff to reach streams and rivers with their accumulated pollutants.

Undisturbed forested lands generally have the highest capacity to absorb water; thus, these areas have the lowest rates of stormwater runoff. In contrast, impervious surfaces such as concrete have the highest runoff rates.

Rural areas currently spread with poisonous pesticides risk to pollute groundwaters that will reach water bodies to be treated for human consumption, with serious danger to health.

Toxic substances and high populations of certain microorganisms can present a health hazard even for non-drinking purposes such as irrigation, swimming, fishing, rafting, boating, and industrial uses.

These conditions may also affect wildlife which use the water for drinking or as a habitat. Modern water quality laws general specify protection of fishable/swimmable use and anti-degradation of current conditions.

Dangers to Water-quality are identified as originating from sewage spills, from industrial activities and from irresponsible disposal practices that do not avoid damage.

Special attention is devoted by Water authorities to the subject of educating people so that each person will avoid performing those activities that contribute to deterioration of Water-quality.

Among these are using hazardous household products, misuse of the sewage system, use of pesticides or other hazardous materials in the garden, dumping hazardous products into storm drains or into nearby streams.

Many areas around the world are currently facing critical water supply and Water-quality problems. These problems are expected to become worse over the coming decades due to drought, pollution, over-extraction and climate change.

For more information on Water-quality see the Healthy Water Alternatives page, by clicking on this title from the Site Map (click on button) on the Aquasana page.

This above information is only a prelude to positive action you are invited to take, to provide the means to dispose at home of a continuous and economic supply of safe and pure drinking water, an essential precondition for remaining in good Health. See the page on Filter Advice.

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