As the winter season approaches in we’re all busy pulling out warmer clothes, sipping hot chai and enjoying the slower day. But deep inside while, we get comfortable, something far less comforting is happening behind the scenes that is inside our taps. Most of the cold weather, low water flow, and ageing pipelines certainly create the perfect environment for such unseen contaminants that happen to creep inside the daily water supply. In this blog, we will discover what could be sneaking into your tap water this winter season, why it matters the most, and how the smart advanced solution will help out in such situations.
Why Tap Water Isn’t Always Safe?
For most of the Indian households, tap water comes from the municipal supply or a borewell, which is often assumed to be safe only after treatment. But the reality is much more complex, as it comprises several contaminants that can slip through several treatment plans, leach from ageing pipes, or seep into groundwater from various industrial and agricultural activities. There are common culprits, which include microbial pathogens like bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, which can cause stomach infections, typhoid, cholera, and even hepatitis. Also, heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and mercury often originate from corroded pipes or some industrial discharge, which can pose long-term risks to the kidneys and nervous system, and may even increase the risk of cancer. Besides, chemical pollutants, which include nitrates from fertilisers, pesticides, and excess amounts of fluoride, can lead to endocrine disruption, organ damage or even fluorosis.
Why Winter Makes Things Worse
Most of the cold weather and intermittent water supply are common in many urban areas during the winter season, make water contaminants, and can significantly increase the risk of contamination in tap water. In low-flow conditions, water often sits stagnant in pipes and rooftop tanks for prolonged periods and creates the perfect environment for microbes to multiply. Such tanks, which are rarely cleaned in many apartment buildings, can quickly become breeding grounds for protozoa, bacteria, and even algae. At the same time, many people tend to become less vigilant in winter, delaying the cleaning of storage, tanks, skipping water purifier maintenance, or even assuming that treated tap water doesn’t need boiling, which can become risky when contamination levels spike. Moreover, adding to the danger, many winter-worsened contaminants, such as heavy metals or chemical pollutants, are completely invisible; as they don’t change the water’s taste, smell, or even appearance, yet they can have long-term effects like kidney, liver, nervous system, and even increase the risks of cancer as well.
Understanding the Health Dangers Acute and Chronic
Drinking contaminated water can drastically affect health, and in the short run, it can cause waterborne illnesses such as diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis, and cholera; conditions that often can lead to dehydration and can weaken the immune system. Also, at certain times, repeated exposure to heavy metals or chemical pollutants can result in serious chronic conditions, which include kidney failure, cancers, hormonal changes, and, in severe cases, birth defects. Some contaminants create more subtle but still serious risks; high nitrate levels can cause methemoglobinemia, or blue baby syndrome, in infants, and excessive fluoride may lead to dental or skeletal fluorosis, and long-term arsenic exposure.
What Makes Water “Safe”: Filtration & Purification
To effectively protect you and your families from contaminated water, a comprehensive water treatment system is important. So, different filtration and purification technologies address specific contaminants, and the most robust systems often combine several methods. Sediment or pre-filters eliminate all the larger particles like sand, silt, and suspended solids, improving the clarity of the water and protecting the downstream filters. Activated carbon filters are an ideal choice for boosting taste and removing chlorine, some organic chemicals, and certain chemical by-products. UV or Ultraviolet water purifiers are highly effective at killing bacteria, protozoa, and even viruses, as well, hence making them an ideal choice for microbial contamination, though they don’t address heavy metals or chemical pollutants. On the other hand, reverse osmosis (RO) filtration physically removes dissolved solids, heavy metals, nitrates, and many chemical pollutants, and can also remove bacteria and viruses when combined with other stages. Moreover, with a multi-stage filtration process, it can also remove dissolved solids like TDS, heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and mercury, nitrates, and many chemical pollutants, and can also eliminate bacteria and viruses when paired with other stages.
Why Choose DrinkPrime?
DrinkPrime offers a modern solution, which is IoT-enabled smart water purifiers that are available on a subscription-based model. Moreover, instead of the hefty upfront costs of buying and maintaining a water purifier, you can simply pay for clean water. DrinkPrime customises the filtration system based on local water quality, using a combination of RO, UV, and Copper filtration to eliminate contaminants and add health benefits. Moreover, the subscription model includes free installation, maintenance, and regular replacements, which makes DrinkPrime an ideal choice and cost-effective option for urban Indian households seeking access to clean and healthy drinking water.
Summary
In summary, as winter brings chill to the air, it also creates ideal conditions for all the hidden contaminants to infiltrate the tap water and overall compromises safety and health. Moreover, with municipal treatment systems and borewells, it may offer complete safety, but the reality is that several pollutants, from microbial pathogens to harmful chemicals and heavy metals, can still penetrate into the drinking water, and colder months, with their low-flow conditions and stagnant water, only increase the risk, leaving families with short-term illnesses and long-term health complications.
Besides, with an advanced water purification system like DrinkPrime, it makes sure that your tap water is not only clean but also safe and healthy. Additionally, by combining modern filtration technologies like RO, UV, and Copper water purification, water quality improves, and it provides access to safe, clean and healthy drinking water.
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