1. WATER TESTING
Chemical analysis of drinking water:
ORDER:
1. Organic and inorganic chemicals contribute
to taste
2. More cardiovascular diseases in soft water
areas
3. Water with high iron concentration leads to
liver diseases

2. Chlorides
• High chloride content may harm growing
plants

3. Colour :
• Colour in water due to iron and industrial
waste

4. Solids:
• Water with higher solids content has laxative
effect

5. Copper:
• Copper salts poisonous to some Biota

6. Fluoride:
• Fluoride causes dental and skeletal fluorosis

7. Pesticides:
• The residue of pesticides are found in bore well
• Absolute soft water is tasteless
• Hard water is useful to growth of children due to
presence of calcium iron
• Iron is an essential element in human nutrition
• Long time consumption of drinking water with
high concentration of iron can lead to liver
diseases