Potable Water Treatment

The term 'Potable' water refers to water that is safe for human consumption i.e. for drinking and cooking.

Safety of water is governed by the level of contamination which can take many forms. Water is a universal solvent and many polluting chemicals, micro-organisms and parasites reside quite happily in water. It is not possible to simply look at some water and determine that is it fit for consumption simply by sight alone.

It is important to understand that raw untreated surface water from freshwater rivers, lakes and streams or ground water from water wells is generally not 'potable' until treated.

The World Health Organsiation WHO publishes guidelines for drinking water quality including acceptability standards and safe levels of large number of chemical, physical and microbiological parameters. Most national water quality guidelines will refer back to the WHO guidelines.

In general water used for human consumption should be free of objectional tastes and odours. Most human beings use their senses to assess whether water is safe to drink and this may be very subjective. For instance water that is highly coloured may be perfectly safe to drink but not appealing to the eye.

Safewell has the knowledge and experience to help clients correcty assess the quality of the raw water and provide treatment solutions to make the water safe to drink. These solutions include a range of treatment options including filtration, colour reduction, heavy metal reduction, pH correction,removal of organic residues, and disinfection.