It is crucial to ensure that water is suitable for drinking and cooking, especially for those of us in Nigeria who obtain our water from underground boreholes. We must take action to guarantee that our borehole water is pure and safe due to pollution, chemical runoff from farmland, and inappropriate trash disposal.
The first thing is to get your borehole water tested regularly.To test your water for toxins like lead, germs, nitrates, and other undesirable substances, you may either obtain inexpensive testing kits or bring samples to the public health office. It is essential to know what is in your water.
Once you understand the state of your supply, there are some good options for treatment that don't have to cost the world:
Getting a Water Filter
Even a simple countertop filter can remove a lot of the dirt, germs and chemicals that make borehole water unsafe. The ones with ceramic or composite filters are best for removing bacteria and viruses.
Using Water Guard or Tablets
Those small Water Guard dissolvable tablets or liquid chlorine solution bottles can be an affordable way to disinfect your borehole water and kill disease-causing microbes.
Trying Solar Disinfection
This one is very cheap - just expose your water in transparent bottles to the sunlight for at least 6 hours. The UV rays from the sun will inactivate a lot of the harmful pathogens.
Boiling the Water
The old practice of boiling your borehole water for at least 1 minute and allowing it to cool will kill most waterborne germs and is a sure way to make it safer when nothing else is available.
Beyond treatment, make sure to keep your borehole covered and sealed, and fix any cracks or entry points for runoff and contaminants. Regularly disinfect the well lining and area around it too.
When it comes time to dig a new borehole,Position it away from potential contamination sources like pit latrines, farms using manure, and garbage pits. Going deeper is also better to tap into purer groundwater sources.
Getting clean, safe water from our local boreholes takes effort, but it's an investment we all need to make for our families' health. With simple, affordable methods like filtration, disinfection, good maintenance and positioning, we can ensure our borehole supplies give us the quality water we deserve long into the future.
So let's be proactive about testing and treating our borehole sources. That way, we can avoid the hospital trips and keep enjoying clean, healthy water from the earth's natural bounty. It's a goal worth working towards for our communities. With simple and affordable methods like filtration, disinfection, good maintenance and smart positioning of new boreholes, we can ensure our precious groundwater supplies remain pure and safe for drinking, cooking and bathing. Taking these precautions is an investment in our health and future. When we make an effort to understand and properly treat our borehole water, we are protecting ourselves and our families from potential illnesses and devastating health issues caused by waterborne contaminants. It allows us to take advantage of Nigeria's natural groundwater resources without fear. With diligence, we can make clean borehole water a reality in every community.
These are cool tips for keeping our water clean, the boiling of water is a well-known for me cause I do it sometimes but then it could tiring atimes though.
Yeah I know it is tiring , hehe we have all been there hahaha
😁😁😁 very tiring
Hahah you must be lazy then hehhe
Wow, I've learnt something new today, thank you so much for sharing. I've only know the part of adding alum to water and boiling to purify water. Also my grandma and mom also add charcoal too to water to purify it.
Yeah I do also know about that charcoal part , but it's been a while I have seen such
Thanks for stopping by
My mom said it was more effective so that’s what she used until she moved from that place
Yeah , same thing I was told too
Hehe, right!
Water is very important truely and we need the cleanest to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
You've mentioned highly effective medium to get clean water and like you I also boil my water to be on a safer side.
Kindly edit your content alittle so it can meet up with the 500 word count.
Water is life i tell you .
I think every one of us does boiling of water as it is what we grew up with somehow.
Yeah thanks for pointing that out , I kinda was in a rush . I had to step out. But I will surely edit now
Water borne diseases are often preventable if we take conscious efforts to purify these waters and would better make us healthier and fit for productivity
I never knew the solar system, this is an enlightening post
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That sun rays for water purification is not all that new to me, as some sachet water has such specification, but I i never knew the process is just to let water sit on the sun for long. A good discovery for me
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Treating and taking care of our water is a must if we must live healthily and free from diseases. These are ways to get our water treated to be safe. Thanks for sharing.
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I never knew about the sun rays but boiling water is such a long and trusted method. We used water guards at some point too. Getting clean and healthy water can not be overemphasized.
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Haven't tried solar disinfection before, I think I will try it because the last time I boiled water, I fell sick😂 I don't know if I didn't boil it well
Thankyou for this tips