It was reported in January 2022 that the groundwater in a city and eight towns in Batangas province have been found positive for arsenic contamination.
The deteriorating drinking water quality is a grave matter of concern across the globe. Widespread water contamination is a result of industrial effluents, deforestation, excessive use of pesticides, improper waste disposal methods and several other factors.
Every year, millions of children die of water-borne diseases. In fact, diarrhea is the second leading cause of mortality for children below five years old. It is because 780 million people globally still drink contaminated water due to lack access to improved water sources.
What is Reverse Osmosis
Reverse Osmosis, commonly known as RO, is a technology that is used to purify the water by pushing the water under pressure through a semi-permeable membrane.
Mechanical filtration is the most common way of removing physical contaminants in water. In this article, we look at four types of mechanical filtration and their uses in residential, commercial and industrial water purification processes.
Most people don’t hesitate when they turn on the faucet on their kitchen sink to drink water. But the sad reality is this: the water coming out of their faucet is not as clean as most of us believe.