A quick turn of the tap and there it is—clean, flowing water to drink, cook with, bathe in. It is so readily available that we forget that obtaining water for daily living was once a time-consuming task that did not always yield healthy results.
Before cities began routinely treating drinking water, including disinfecting it with chlorine, thousands perished every year from waterborne scourges such as cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery and hepatitis A. Today, worldwide, significant strides in public health and the quality of life are directly linked to the adoption of drinking water chlorination.
Resources and Links:
- Chlorine Chemistry: essential2safer water for 100 years, and running...
- Water Treatment Basics
- Chlorine Helps Provide Safe Drinking Water Around the Globe
- Drinking Water Chlorination: A Review of Disinfection Practices and Issues
- Chlorine Misinformation During the 1990s Latin American Cholera Epidemic
- Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
- Water Storage Tips to Assist in Emergency Preparedness
- Glossary of Water Disinfection Terms