Fluoride in drinking water

Summary: Fluoride is a chemical compound that if present in drinking water can cause potential health problems. To prevent contamination by fluoride in drinking water, adequate measures should be taken to maintain the fluoride levels within permissible limits in drinking water.

Fluoride in drinking water can be a potential source of health problems. Continuous exposure to fluoride through drinking water can lead to increased chances of bone fracture in adults. Fluoride can also affect the teeth, leading to different dental problems. Fluoride contamination of drinking water can occur through dissolution of impurities in groundwater from fertilizers or aluminum factories. Apart from this man made menace of fluoride mixing with water, the fluoride compounds can also mix with water, when natural fluoride compounds present in earth's crust dissolute with the groundwater. Fluorosilicates and sodium fluorides are two such natural compounds which may dissolve in the groundwater, leading up to the drinking water flowing up to your taps. There is a permissible limit specified by government health monitoring agencies regarding fluoride presence in water. For instance, in the United States, the regulatory body called the EPA specifies fluoride levels in water to be in the range of 4.0mg/l or 4ppm.

Fluoride is therefore essentially regarded as a contaminant of drinking water. To purify water, the fluoride in drinking water must either be fully removed or adjusted to be within the permissible levels. To this purpose, you would be needing water purification machines. water purification machines are already available that remove the fluoride present in drinking water. Such machines should ideally use no chemicals for water treatment as the chemical used may again become a component of water pollution . The ideal machine for purifying the fluoride in drinking water should be compact, discharging no waste water, easy to install and use and of course come with a low energy consumption parameter. The machine should also necessarily have low ownership costs, so that it can be used by everyone. From hotels, restaurants, hospitals, military, to government and private institutions, the requirement of drinking water is applicable uniformly to all.