Good news about water

 

A glass of clean drinking water contains ten million ‘good’ bacteria which may help purify the water and keep it safe, a new study has claimed.

Researchers in Sweden have found that our drinking water is to a large extent purified by millions of “good bacteria” found in water pipes and purification plants.

So far, the knowledge about them has been practically non-existent, researchers said. These bacteria and other microbes grow in the drinking water treatment plant and on the inside of our water pipes, which can be seen in the form of a thin, sticky coating — a so-called biofilm.

0All surfaces from the raw water intake to the tap are covered in this biofilm.

Among other things, the researchers suspect that a large part of water purification takes place in the pipes and not only in water purification plants.

“We suspect there are ‘good’ bacteria that help purify the water and keep it safe — similar to what happens in our bodies. Our intestines are full of bacteria, and most of the time when we are healthy, they help us digest our food and fight illness,” said Paul.

The research was published in the journal Microbes and Environments.PTI