Welcome to Clean Water Everywhere

The Purpose of this site is to provide education about Water and it's importance to everything on this planet of ours.

How much do you think about the Water you drink, you bathe or shower in, you wash your food and plates with, etc? You will answer this question very differently if you are lucky enough to live in a City where you get water simply by turning on a tap or drop into a convenience store, or you have to walk a day just to get a bucket of water, or you are forced to obtain your water from polluted sources.

Does Boiling water really work?

Submitted by lgordon on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 09:52

Why Boil Water?

The main reason boiling is recommended as a water treatment is because it can be done simply and because the disease causing organisms are destroyed by heat. Holding the water at a high enough temperature for long enough will destroy pathogens. The organisms of interest are cysts such as cryptosporidia and giardia, and bacteria such as E.coli, typhoid etc. Although the boiling does not remove them from the water, it does kill them and thus they will cause no illness.

How Long Should Water Be Boiled?

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