safe water
Clean drinking source
Safe water is water that poses no health risk when consumed or used—free from harmful microorganisms, chemicals, and contaminants.
The term appears frequently in public health contexts: Millions of people worldwide lack access to safe water.
Safe water standards vary by use; what's safe for bathing may not be safe for drinking.
- UV treatmentTherapeutic ultraviolet light exposure
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- chlorinationDisinfecting with a halogen
- distillationPurification via vaporization
waterborne diseases · boil advisory · pH balance · ozonation · filtration · reverse osmosis · turbidity · activated carbon · bottled · sedimentation · government regulations · faucet · infrastructure development · public health campaigns · reservoir · purified · contamination · thirst
- water healthwaterborne disease, waterborne diseases, waterborne illness, cholera, typhoid
- Water QualitypH, turbidity, chlorine, pH levels, contaminants
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- drinking watersip, gulp, swallow, drink, cup
- preventionflu shot, prevent, flu shots, protect, vaccines
safe watercontaminated water
Impure liquid with pathogens
toxic water · dirty water · sewage · wastewater · brackish water
safe waterdirty water
raw sewage · sewage · agricultural runoff · blackwater · runoff
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