{"id":7872,"date":"2024-03-27T13:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T13:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:09:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T13:09:31","slug":"water-pollution-by-biological-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/water-pollution-by-biological-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Water pollution by biological agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Water intended for human consumption can be contaminated by biological agents such as bacteria, viruses and parasites. This is due to the ability they have to spread quickly through water and cause acute health effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this sense, pathogenic microorganisms represent the greatest risk associated with water consumption. However, thanks to the purification treatment and, above all, disinfection, the control of risks is kept under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_67_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/water-pollution-by-biological-agents\/#Origin_of_pathogens_in_water\" title=\"Origin of pathogens in water\">Origin of pathogens in water<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/water-pollution-by-biological-agents\/#Post-treatment_control_measures\" title=\"Post-treatment control measures\">Post-treatment control measures<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/water-pollution-by-biological-agents\/#Presence_of_pathogens_in_bottled_water\" title=\"Presence of pathogens in bottled water\">Presence of pathogens in bottled water<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/water-pollution-by-biological-agents\/#Solution_for_pathogen-free_water\" title=\"Solution for pathogen-free water\">Solution for pathogen-free water<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/water-pollution-by-biological-agents\/#References\" title=\"References\">References<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Origin_of_pathogens_in_water\"><\/span><strong>Origin of pathogens in water<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Germs can originate from human or animal fecal matter due to inadequate prevention of the contamination of water resources or, in case of inadequate control and disinfection measures, also of the water distribution system. Such may be the case of water from rivers and wells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other treatments such as the use of ultraviolet light, chemical disinfectants and filtration combined with chemical treatments, can reduce the number or inactivate most pathogens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post-treatment_control_measures\"><\/span><strong>Post-treatment control measures<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>All treatments require special attention after their application, such as flow protection measures (for example, non-return valves), pipe inspection, rehabilitation and washing programs to remove the biofilm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others go more to its monitoring such as video inspection methods and internal interventions in distribution systems, such as the installation of probes to measure residual chlorine in the water that leaves the system or in the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Presence_of_pathogens_in_bottled_water\"><\/span><strong>Presence of pathogens in bottled water<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the treatments that water can receive for human consumption and the quality grades of bottled mineral water distributed in supermarkets are varied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some chemical and bacteriological analyses, the presence of pathogens and contaminants has been detected in the bottles of some brands, highlighting the danger to people and the fraud that occurs on certain occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solution_for_pathogen-free_water\"><\/span><strong>Solution for pathogen-free water<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/generadores-atmosfericos\/#tecnologia\">Rain of Life atmospheric capacitors&nbsp;<\/a>not only offer water free of pathogens present in much of the drinking water, but also lack any chemical substance that could be harmful to health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Medical Director and the Chemical Engineers of Rain of Life select the most appropriate mineral mixture to add to pure water, and can even prescribe special mixtures for geographical areas or special groups, such as a higher percentage of fluoride in schools in some disadvantaged regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"References\"><\/span>References<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>General Directorate of Health Prevention. (October 6, 2016).<em>&nbsp;I rischi per la salute<\/em>. Obtained from Ministero della salute: https:\/\/www.salute.gov.it\/portale\/temi\/p2_6.jsp? lingua=italiano&amp;id=4453&amp;area=acque_potabili&amp;menu=contaminazioni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water intended for human consumption can be contaminated by biological agents such as bacteria, viruses and parasites. This is due to the ability they have to spread quickly through water and cause acute health effects. In this sense, pathogenic microorganisms represent the greatest risk associated with water consumption. However, thanks to the purification treatment and, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":7605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[59,72],"class_list":["post-7872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-air-water-generators","tag-rain-of-life-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7873,"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions\/7873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainoflife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}