Toast To The Tap: The Water We Drink

 Toast To The Tap: The Water We Drink

Dominican tap water is a topic that everybody needs to know. It is a real business in this country because you have to buy drinkable water. The problem is not the tap water indeed, but the politicians, they only think in their own benefits, how much they will earn and forget about the health of people. We have to think like a nation, all of us working together to change our country because in USA people pays their taxes and the government gives them potable tap water and everything for those people who pay but here in this country you pay a high prices services and taxes but do not receive good (neither medium) quality services. In some cases the service that you pay never comes to you. Independently of the above words, it is a difficult situation what we have about tap water.  Not all places in the country have the service but the places which have it, do not receive it all time neither with the necessary pressure or quality. You need to create your own solutions as big tanks on your roof that we called it “Tinacos” or to build (if you can afford) your own cistern, which will need a water pump, pipes, etc… and electricity, another story…

Dominican Tap Water 

Fun Water Facts

1. The amount of water on Earth has remained the same for two billion years.
2. Water consists of three atoms: 2 hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom that are bonded together with electrical charges.
3. Water moves around the Earth in a water cycle that has five parts: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration and surface run off.
4. In a 100 year period, a water molecule spends 98 years in the ocean, 20 months as ice, about 2 weeks in lakes and rivers and less than a week in the atmosphere.
5. Water is the only substance that is found naturally on earth in three forms: liquid, gas, solid.
6. Frozen water is 9% lighter than water which is why ice floats on water.
7. Oceans store 97% of the earth’s water, 2% of which is frozen.
8. 80% of the earth’s water is surface water. The other 20% is either ground water or atmospheric water vapor.
9. Over 90% of the earth’s supply of fresh water is located in Antarctica.
10. Approximately 66% of the human body consists of water. Water exists within all of our organs and is transported through the body to assist physical functions.
11. Water leaves the stomach five minutes after consumption.
12. Two thirds of the water used in a home is used in the bathroom.
13. Bottled water can be up to 1000 times more expensive than tap water and it may not be as safe.
14. Today, drinking water meets over a hundred different standards for drinking water quality.
15. Most of the world’s people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water.