Our bodies need water to function optimally but they cannot store water and lose water throughout the day, so how do we stay healthy? Optimal health can be attained and sustained by drinking water regularly throughout the day and more when exercising, in hot weather or when performing heavy physical tasks.

While it is vital to drink water regularly, it is even more important that you drink quality water that is free from pollutants. Pollutants are not only found in water in nature, but can even be found in your tap water, so it is important that you know what the various types of water pollutants are. There are various pollutants, including biological or chemical pollution.

Water pollutants that can harm you are classified as follows:

  • Disease-Causing Agents that cause diseases include bacteria, parasitic worms that can enter sewage systems, untreated waste and protozoa, and viruses.
  • Nutrients are usually beneficial, but certain kinds of nutrients such as water-soluble phosphates and nitrates that facilitate excessive growth of water plants and algae starve the water of oxygen and can kill off fish and even young children who drink it.
  • Organic Compounds such as pesticides and oils can make water toxic to humans, animals and plant life.
  • Oxygen-Demanding Waste Materials decompose via bacteria, depleting oxygen levels and killing off plant life and other organisms in the water.
  • Suspended Sediment is matter that has been deposited naturally, which depletes the water’s light absorption and spreads toxic compounds such as pesticides throughout the water.
  • Water-Soluble Inorganic Pollutants such as acids, toxic metals and salts that kill all aquatic life in the water and make it unfit to drink.
  • Water-Soluble Radioactive Compounds are the most toxic of all because they can cause birth defects, genetic damage and cancer.

Investing in a water cooler with a good filter will ensure that the water that you are drinking is free of pollutants, and the bonus is that it is chilled.

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