THE CREATOR OF THE FIRST EVER “WATER GENERATOR”
Water Informatioan Resources
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The availability and safety of drinking water have become global problems. The United States joins countless other areas of the world facing this dilemma. Current attempts to alleviate these crises have created a $4.1 billion bottled water market in the United States, a $60 billion point-of-use water treatment industry and, wherever practical, incredibly expensive desalination plants with huge infrastructures and severe geographical restrictions.
All of these methods require traditional sources of water and each has inherent weaknesses and disadvantages. Even existing controlled and monitored municipal water filtration systems experience repeated shortages and contamination problems. In the United States for example, 85% of the municipal water systems are currently on United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) waivers for various reasons. Additionally, it is a guarded fact within the drinking water industry that chlorinated water reacts with organic matter found naturally within it to produce carcinogens, (cancer-producing agents.) In spite of this, there exists a worldwide need for new sources of drinking water.
Water Contamination
There are many sources of chemical contamination: waste dumps, toxic and otherwise leaking gas, chemical tanks, industry pesticides, insecticides, agricultural runoff, fertilizers, chemical spills, transportation accidents, sewage and septic field discharge, cleaning fluids and solvent runoffs.
- Volatile Organic Chemicals
- Inorganic Chemicals
- Synthetic Organic Chemicals
- Radiological Chemicals
- Chemicals Used to Take Out Chemical Contaminants
Volatile Organic Chemicals
Chemical | Sources, Description | Health Effects |
Benzene | Gasoline, some foods, drugs, pesticides, paint, plastic industries | Cancer group A, leukemia, also damage to blood cell forming tissue, immune and nervous system |
Bromobenzene | Used in chemical production, gas and motor oil additive | Skin irritant, depressant |
Bromochloromethan | Fire extinguishers, grain, fumigant, chemical manufacturing | Exposure to high doses causes disorientation, nausea, eye and throat irritation |
Bromomethane | Fumigant to kill insects in crops, soils, and buildings, possible dBP | Damage to lungs, kidney, liver and nervous system |
Carbon tetrachloride | Improper disposal of waste from manufacturing of refrigerants & propellants for aerosol sprays, was used as solvent, fumigant | Cancer group B, effects nervous system, liver & kidneys |
Chlorobenzene (Monochlorobenzene) | Waste solvents for metal degreasers, production of pesticides & dyes | Nervous system, liver, lung, & kidney damage |
Chloroethane | Used as a foaming agent in plastic manufacturing, refrigerant, solvent, chemical manufacturing | Cancer in laboratory animals, large doses may damage heart, lungs, stomach, & central nervous system |
Chloromethane (methyl chloride) | Silicones, pesticides, fumigants, fire extinguishers, aerosol propellants, plastics, chlorinated pool water, polystyrene insulation, refrigerant, synthetic rubber, methyl cellulose, solvent | Cancer, central nervous system, liver, kidneys |
Dichlorobenzene (o) | Paints, engine cleaning compounds, chemical wastes Liver, kidney & blood cell damage | Liver, kidney & blood cell damage |
Dichlorobenzene (p) | Room & water deodorants, mothballs, some pesticides, degreasers | Cancer group C |
Dichlorodifluoromethane (Freon 12) | Refrigerant & foaming agent in plastics production | Heart, lung, central nervous system damage |
Trichloroethane (1,1,1) TCA | Organic solvent, pesticides, adhesives, teflon tubing, lacquers, coatings, rubbers, polyesters, fats, oils, waxes, resins, medicine, aerosols, glues | Suspected carcinogen |
Tetrachloroethane (1,1,2,2) | Organic solvent, adhesives, artificial leathers, pearls, silk bleach, cellulose, cement, coal, crystallography, denatured alcohol, fats, fur coats, herbicides, metal cleaning, metal decreasing, moth proofing, oils, paint, paint removers, polyesters | Liver, kidneys, central nervous system |
Xylene (o) | Gasoline additive, paint, rust preservatives, printing, rubber, leather, cleaning agents, airplane fuel, plastic, photography paper, air freshener, fiberglass, adhesives | Liver, kidney, nervous system |
Trichlorofluoromethane (Fluorotrichlorometh-ane) | Refrigerant, pesticides, electrical insulation, cosmetics, perfumes, spray paint, floor waxes, food processing | Central nervous system, depressant, Cardiovascular effects |
Dichloropropene (cis 1,3) | Soil fumigant, pesticides, herbicide, corrosion inhibitor | Liver & urinary tract effects, cancer, immune system |
Trichloroethane TCE | Trichloroethane TCE Industrial solvent, septic tank cleaner | Cancer in animals, nervous system, depressant |
Inorganic Chemicals
Chemical | Sources, Description | Health Effects |
Aluminum | Present in all natural waters, Alum salts used as coagulants | Aluminum is a neurotoxin, link to Alzheimer disease is not confirmed, present in all water regardless of treatment |
Antimony | Natural deposits, manufacturing, flame retardants, ceramics, glass & pesticides | Decreases longevity & growth |
Arsenic | Natural deposits, smelters, glass, electronic wastes, insecticides, herbicides, especially orchards | Cancer group A, skin nervous system |
Barium | Natural deposits, pigments, epoxy sealants, spent coal, paints, paper, pesticides, processing beets, animal & vegetable oils | Circulatory system effects, increased blood pressure, nervous system disorders |
Beryllium | Electrical, defense, aerospace, nuclear industry, production of ceramics & alloys, natural deposits | Bone, lung damage, proven carcinogen in animals, suspected of causing bone cancer in humans, disorders of the respiratory system, heart, liver, spleen |
Cadmium | Bluish white metal, galvanized pipe corrosion, natural deposits, batteries, paints, stabilizer in PVC pipes | Kidney effects, suspected of causing cancer & high blood pressure |
Cyanide | Electroplating, steel, plastics, mining, fertilizer | Thyroid, nervous system damage, spleen, brain & liver effects |
Selenium | Natural deposits, mining, smelting, coal oil combustion | Liver damage |
Syntheic Organic Chemicals
Chemical | Sources, Description | Health Effects |
2,4-D (Dichlorophenoxy-acetic Acid) | Runoff from herbicide on wheat, corn, rangelands & lawn herbicides | Liver & kidney damage |
Adipate | Synthetic rubber, food packaging, cosmetics, plastics | Decreased body weight, liver & testes damage |
Alchlor | Runoff from corn, soybeans & other crops | Cancer group B |
Aldicarb (sulfoxide & sulphone) | Insecticide on cotton, potatoes, Widely restricted, found in wells | Nervous system effects |
Aldicarb Sulfoxide | Biodegration of aldicarb | Nervous system effects |
Aldrin | Insecticide, Moderate to persistent Insoluble, slightly volatile | Cancer group B2, kidney & liver injuries |
Atrazine | Runoff from use as herbicide on corn | Mammary gland & tumors |
Benzo(a)pyrene | Burning wood & fossil fuels, coal tar, forest fires | Probable carcinogen |
Butachlor | Herbicide not registered in US, slightly soluble, slightly volatile, non persistent | Suspected mutagen |
Carbaryl | Insecticide, acaricide, mollusicide. Animal flea, lice, tick, mite control, corn, alfalfa, potatoes | Suspected carcinogen, teratogen mutagen |
Carbofuran | Soil fumigant on alfalfa, grains, corn, cotton, grasshoppers, cereal leaf beetle | Nervous and reproductive systems |
Chlordane | Insecticide, soils treated for termites, also in crops as foliar or seed treatment | Cancer group B2 |
Dalapon | Herbicide on orchards, beans, coffee, lawns, roads, railways, corn & cotton | Liver, kidney damage |
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP) | Soil fumigant on soybeans, cotton, pineapple orchards | Cancer group B2 |
Dibromoethane 1,2 EDB, Ethylene dibromide | Inert ingredients in pesticides, fumigants, gas additives, dyes, pharmaceuticals, resins, waxes, gums, asphalt, vinyl bromide, solvent | Suspected human carcinogen |
Dicamba | Herbicide, non-mod persistence, soluble, slightly volatile, corn forages, grains, broadleaf annual weeds | Health effects unknown |
Dinoseb | Herbicide crop & noncrop applications. Contact soil spray | Thyroid, reproductive organ damage |
Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) | Chemical production byproduct, impurity in herbicides, pulp & paper mill | Cancer group B2 |
Diquat | Runoff of herbicide on land & aquatic weeds, target weeds, foliar, & water surface application | Liver, kidney, eye effects |
Endothall | Herbicide on crops especially potatoes, land aquatic weeds, rapidly degraded herbicide harvesting | Liver, kidney, gastrointestinal damage |
Endrin | Pesticides on insects, rodents, birds, restricted since 1980 | Liver, kidney, heart damage, cancer |
Heptachlor (including- epoxide | Leaching of insecticides for termites, very few crops | Cancer group B2 |
Hexachlorobenzene | Pesticide production waste by product | Cancer group B2 |
Hexachlorocyclopenta-diene | Pesticide production, intermediate | Kidney, stomach damage |
Methomyl | Insecticide, nematocide, very soluble, slightly volatile, non mod persistence, grains, potatoes | Mutagen, anemia, blood damage, liver kidney, spleen, bone marrow damage |
Methoxychlor | Insecticide on fruits, vegetables, alfalfa, livestock, pets | Growth, liver, kidney, nervous system |
Metolachlor | Herbicide, non persistent, water soluble. Corn, soybeans, potatoes, annual grass weeds | Cancer group, testicular atrophy |
Metribuzin | Herbicide, water soluble. Soybeans, potatoes | Liver, kidney damage |
Oxamyl (Vydate) | Insecticide on apples, potatoes, tomatoes | Kidney damage |
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenols, Arochlor) | Coolant oils from electrical transformers | Cancer group B2 |
Pentachlorophenol | Wood preservative, herbicide, cooling tower wastes | Cancer group B2, liver & kidney effects |
Phthalate (bis2ethylhexyl) | PVC & other plastics | Cancer group C |
Picloram | Herbicide on broad leaf & woody plants foliar spray on target weeds, surface spray | Kidney, liver damage |
Propachlor | Herbicide, moderate persistence, water soluble, volatile | Cataracts |
Simazine | Herbicide on grass sod, some crops, corn, aquatic algae, broadleaf annual weeds (preemergence) | Cancer group C, circulatory system effects |
2,4,5 - TP (Silvex) | Herbicide on crops, golf courses, injected or sprayed on target plant | Liver & kidney damage |
Radiological Chemicals
Chemical | Sources, Description | Health Effects |
Beta / photon emitters (I) and (P) | Natural and man made deposits | Cancer group A |
Alpha (gross) | Natural deposits | Cancer group A |
Radium 226, and 228 (combined) | Natural deposits | Cancer group A (226 head carcinomas, 228 bone cancer) |
Radon | Natural deposits | Cancer group A, effect of low levels of radon and of consumed (versus inhaled) radon is in dispute, high levels shown to cause lung cancer when inhaled |
Uranium | Natural deposits | Cancer group A, also kidney effects, accumulates in bones |
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Chemicals Used to Take Out the Chemical Contaminant
Activated Alumina | Removal of inorganic by adsorption |
Alum | Most common coagulant used in water treatment |
Anionic Polymer | Coagulant aid |
Activated Carbon | Used for taste & odor control, absorption of organic chemicals, & other purposes |
Calcium Hydroxide Lime | Used to increase pH for corrosion control |
Calcium Hypo chlorite | Chlorine for disinfections |
Cationic Polymer | Coagulant aid |
Caustic (Soda) | Used to increase pH for corrosion control |
Chloramines | Disinfectant, lessens THM production |
Chlorine | Most common disinfectant & oxidant used in water treatment, includes Chlorine Dioxide Chloramine and Sodium Hypo chlorite |
Chlorine Dioxide | Disinfectant |
Coagulants | Includes, Ferric Chloride & Polymers |
Copper Sulfate | Used to treat surface water to control algae growth |
Disinfectant | Includes Chlorine (in various forms) & Ozone |
Ferric Sulfate | Coagulant |
Fluoscilicic Acid | Fluoridation |
Ferric Chloride | Coagulant |
Fluoride | Added to decrease tooth decay, Fluoscilic Acid, Sodium Silica Fluoride & Sodium Fluoride |
Lime | Used to increase pH & alkalinity for corrosion control may be needed to optimize coagulation |
Orthophosphate | Corrosion control |
Oxidants | Includes Chlorine Ozone, Potassium Permanganate Ozone |
pH Adjustment | For corrosion control, includes Caustic Soda, Soda Ash & Lime |
Phosphate | Polyphosphates are used for sequestering, Orthophosphates are used for corrosion control |
Poly Aluminum Chloride | Coagulant |
Polymers | Coagulant aid |
Polyphosphate | Used to sequester iron & manganese |
Potassium Permanganate | An oxidant frequently used in treating iron & manganese |
Soda Ash (Sodium) Carbonate) | Increases both pH & alkalinity, used for corrosion control, used to optimize coagulation |
Sodium Silica Fluoride | Fluoridation |
Sodium Fluoride | Fluoridation |
Sodium Hydroxide | Caustic soda for corrosion control |
Sodium Hypo chlorite | Disinfections |
Zinc | Catalyst which aids in corrosion control when used with phosphates |
Zinc Orthophosphate | Corrosion control |