Drinking water or portable water

Drinking or municipal water :- 

So, here in this blog we will discuss the municipal water supply which is also known as drinking water supply or portable water means we will gather the knowledge about the domestic water supply which is reached to our home for our daily needs.

very first we need to know that the water is a vital body fluid which is essential for every living creature 

human beings require a considerable amount of water to reach their drinking and other domestic purposes 

The principal requirement for water to be supplied for drinking purposes is that municipal water needs to satisfy certain criteria with respect to appearance portability and health. 

Standard specification of drinking water :- 

As per the human bodies must requires water for the survival of the life of human beings 

Also some of the minerals are also required from the human body from the water.

So as per the requirement of the human body government has already fixed that amount of minerals is to be present in the water which is consumed by the human bodies. 

The municipal supply tooks care of this requirement for the good health of human beings and also ensures the proper supply of water in the cities or a particular region.

and for the better health of humans they follow some standards to ensure the composition in the drinking water.

municipal water supply standards are of two types. 

1. primary standards :-

 It is the standard which basically specifies the MCL level means maximum contamination level of various dissolved minerals which is based on the effect over the health of human beings.

2. secondary standard :- 

It may vary according to the place to place and which may depend upon the taste, odour, colour, and hardness of water etc. 

they do not have any anticipated effect on the health of the human body.

So next we’ll be discussing the requisites of drinking water means we’ll be discussing the essential standards of drinking water.

Requisites of drinking water :- 

1. It should taste good.
2. it should be perfectly cooled. 
3.  it’s turbidity should be less than 10 ppm.
4. it should be free from harmful gases such as H2S, etc. 
5. it’s PH should be in the range of 7.0-8.5 
6. total hardness should be less than 500 ppm.
7. total dissolved solids solids should be less than 500 ppm.
8. it should be free from disease producing bacteria and E.coil must be under permissible limits. 
9. Also some chemicals like chloride, fluoride and sulphate content should be less than 250 ppm, 1.5 ppm, and 200 ppm. respectively. 
10. it should be reasonably soft. 
11. It should be colourless and odourless

I hope the above information given is helpful for you 

thankyou and have a amazing day

BY :- ADARSH GUPTA