Comments - What does it mean for water to be clean? - Urgent Evoke2024-03-29T05:28:40Zhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4871302%3ABlogPost%3A71013&xn_auth=noI just found a great explanat…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-05:4871302:Comment:812872010-04-05T14:32:56.205ZTuril Cronburghttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TurilCronburg
I just found a great explanation of what it means for water to be clean! It's in the <a href="http://www.findaspring.com/faq/#faq2" target="_blank">FAQ on the Find A Spring</a> which I was reminded of by Scott Douglas Fraser's latest blog post <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/spring-water-accessibility">Spring Water - Accesibility for Everyone</a>. (Thanks, Scott!)<br />
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The basic idea is that the cleanest water is from underground aquifers, where it's kept cool by the Earth and…
I just found a great explanation of what it means for water to be clean! It's in the <a href="http://www.findaspring.com/faq/#faq2" target="_blank">FAQ on the Find A Spring</a> which I was reminded of by Scott Douglas Fraser's latest blog post <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/spring-water-accessibility">Spring Water - Accesibility for Everyone</a>. (Thanks, Scott!)<br />
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The basic idea is that the cleanest water is from underground aquifers, where it's kept cool by the Earth and away from the air, so that it it essentially free of bacteria, and isn't treated with any toxic chemicals by humans. Getting the water just as it comes out from the aquifer is the best way to find clean water. Hi Turil! Thanks to you I fou…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-02:4871302:Comment:774322010-04-02T11:55:35.810ZTernura Rojashttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TernuraRojas
Hi Turil! Thanks to you I found out that I have somethings to share and improve our life! I will post this with more info that I gathered at a water plant treatment visit that I did yesterday.<br />
Please keep posting, we can create together :-) Cheers, T
Hi Turil! Thanks to you I found out that I have somethings to share and improve our life! I will post this with more info that I gathered at a water plant treatment visit that I did yesterday.<br />
Please keep posting, we can create together :-) Cheers, T Ternura, that was perfect! Pe…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Comment:732402010-03-30T17:31:59.837ZTuril Cronburghttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TurilCronburg
Ternura, that was perfect! Perhaps you could post that answer in your own blog, to share with others. It's definitely very valuable information that the world could use! :-)
Ternura, that was perfect! Perhaps you could post that answer in your own blog, to share with others. It's definitely very valuable information that the world could use! :-) From a tangible scientific po…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Comment:730732010-03-30T15:52:30.300ZTernura Rojashttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TernuraRojas
From a tangible scientific point of view <b>pure water</b> is a compund formed by hydrogen and oxygen. If you drink this compound you will have a hard time, as distilled water can be poisonous, just works for my carnivorous plant. Besides, pure water tastes awful, you would not stand the flavour.<br />
Then mother nature adds some salts to water and makes it possible for humans and animals to live in and with it (some bottle this water and sell it as "mineral water").<br />
Formerly, you could say that…
From a tangible scientific point of view <b>pure water</b> is a compund formed by hydrogen and oxygen. If you drink this compound you will have a hard time, as distilled water can be poisonous, just works for my carnivorous plant. Besides, pure water tastes awful, you would not stand the flavour.<br />
Then mother nature adds some salts to water and makes it possible for humans and animals to live in and with it (some bottle this water and sell it as "mineral water").<br />
Formerly, you could say that this mineral water comming form ground sources was clean because bacteria were filtered through the soil. Or you could simply boil the river water and you would have clean, safe H2O. This is what can be considered truly clean water. Well, I would add some laboratory tests for heavy metals (mercury, arsenic, and cadmium) that occur naturally in small amounts and can be handled.<br />
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Then WE humans got in the way: we started polluting the soil and the rivers practicing mining, intensive farming, oil extraction, industrial activity, waste storage, nuclear power production, etc, etc. Did we really thought that this was not going to blow up in our faces? <b>There is not clean water anymore, as a scientist, take my word</b>. Poisons that you mention are needed to clean away the polluted water that results from our "civilized" lifestyle. We will have to settle for EPA´s "water quality standards" as the equivalent to clean water form now on. It's all about the circle of life. I'm not talking about subject…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Comment:730392010-03-30T15:39:05.187ZTuril Cronburghttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TurilCronburg
I'm not talking about subjective meaning here, I'm talking about science. I'm not talking about what desperate people will do under threat, I'm talking about what the human body actually needs when it comes to water. Is it simply the molecule that is made of two hydrogen atoms for every one oxygen atom? Or do we need something else?
I'm not talking about subjective meaning here, I'm talking about science. I'm not talking about what desperate people will do under threat, I'm talking about what the human body actually needs when it comes to water. Is it simply the molecule that is made of two hydrogen atoms for every one oxygen atom? Or do we need something else? +1KS. Agent Turil, sounds to…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Comment:730022010-03-30T15:19:28.798ZShakwei Mbindyohttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ShakweiMbindyo
+1KS. Agent Turil, sounds to me like poison may mean different things to different people. If I drink water will neither make me sick nor kill me but will turn my teeth brown due to florosis is that poisonous water? Many in Africa would answer NO. What would your answer be?
+1KS. Agent Turil, sounds to me like poison may mean different things to different people. If I drink water will neither make me sick nor kill me but will turn my teeth brown due to florosis is that poisonous water? Many in Africa would answer NO. What would your answer be? OK, and as a chemist, what, s…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Comment:729572010-03-30T14:47:25.204ZTuril Cronburghttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TurilCronburg
OK, and as a chemist, what, specifically, would you define as water that will not poison the body as being? For example, the water that I get to my tap, in the Boston area, has many poisons in it, such as floride, chlorine, and presumably many other industrial waste that they use to "treat" the water, making it poison for us. But every year we get a pamphlet saying that our water is legally clean and drinkable. So in a very simple, tangible, scientific way, can you say what water is supposed to…
OK, and as a chemist, what, specifically, would you define as water that will not poison the body as being? For example, the water that I get to my tap, in the Boston area, has many poisons in it, such as floride, chlorine, and presumably many other industrial waste that they use to "treat" the water, making it poison for us. But every year we get a pamphlet saying that our water is legally clean and drinkable. So in a very simple, tangible, scientific way, can you say what water is supposed to be to be truly considered clean? As a chemist I would answer "…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Comment:729272010-03-30T14:25:34.739ZTernura Rojashttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TernuraRojas
As a chemist I would answer "clean water is that wihich will not poison the body", the standard composition of drinking water can be found in may places. BUT as a human being, "clean water" for me means many untangible things, for instance: <b>bottled water is not "clean water" at all</b>. The way you put things in this post, it looks simple, as if it was at reach of our hands. Thanks for this :-)
As a chemist I would answer "clean water is that wihich will not poison the body", the standard composition of drinking water can be found in may places. BUT as a human being, "clean water" for me means many untangible things, for instance: <b>bottled water is not "clean water" at all</b>. The way you put things in this post, it looks simple, as if it was at reach of our hands. Thanks for this :-) I like your final thought, "I…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Comment:722342010-03-30T03:20:44.705ZJen Shafferhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/JenShaffer
I like your final thought, "If children can easily turn water into art, why can't we learn to turn art into water?" It reminds me of one of my bumperstickers "Arte es Vida." The creative process is a part of everything we do be it art, science, or daily living. I think people forget this and need to be occasionally reminded. Just think what we could do if everyone's creative juices got flowing and thinking about clean water and a sustainable future.
I like your final thought, "If children can easily turn water into art, why can't we learn to turn art into water?" It reminds me of one of my bumperstickers "Arte es Vida." The creative process is a part of everything we do be it art, science, or daily living. I think people forget this and need to be occasionally reminded. Just think what we could do if everyone's creative juices got flowing and thinking about clean water and a sustainable future. This is very cool. I have jus…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-29:4871302:Comment:715682010-03-29T18:59:59.820ZKen Eklundhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KenEklund
This is very cool. I have just realized that I have no idea what "clean water" means either, and yes, that's a problem if I want to start making some progress toward getting more of it! Look forward to your further ideas, expressions and explorations...
This is very cool. I have just realized that I have no idea what "clean water" means either, and yes, that's a problem if I want to start making some progress toward getting more of it! Look forward to your further ideas, expressions and explorations...