In this chapter, Thomas Belton discusses the quality of water. After reading this chapter, it made me realize how contaminated our water has been in the past, and how contamination happens so close to home. I found it interesting how even though our drinking water is disinfected, we still need to worry about drinking disinfectant residue, even though this has now been solved. In the U.S. we take having clean water for granted and do not think about all the filters and steps our water goes through before we receive it.
A lot of our water is contaminated by pollutants or chemicals, which are bad for both wildlife and humans to consume. People and companies do not realize that by dumping waste products or other items in water systems and supplies, they are only hurting themselves. People need to realize that without a change in their actions to help keep water clean, we cannot perform our daily activities that we need to survive. I found a lot of this chapter interesting because I know several people including myself that really only drink bottled water, and won’t drink from a tap unless they have too, because it feels like what’s in the water is so unknown, even though it goes through a disinfecting process.
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Judith Stark
2/19/2018 08:44:28 am
Hi, Katie,
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