Boiling water

Boiling water before drinking it is one of the recommended practice  by health officers especially in the third world countries where their source of drinking water is not safe and sometimes the causes for some incidence of common illness for children.
Those living in the remote areas, in the farms and far flung barangays (barrios) are the one victims of these infectious diseases of catching water-borne diseases  because of drinking unsafe water.
To ward-off the impending occurrence of water-borne diseases, boiling your drinking water is the safest way. Study shows,  that boiling water for three minutes kills bacteria, including disease-causing organisms and giardia cysts. However, boiling concentrates inorganic impurities such as nitrate and sulfates. Boiled water also tastes flat because the because the carbon dioxide is removed. (Source: Eubank, Wanda, et al. Univ. of Missouri Extension).
In the most advanced countries, drinking water is safe and they're already treated to meet International Safety Standard, not like in the poor countries that they've to dwell on making some innovation just to give safe drinking water to its populace.
And boiling their water before drinking is only the best alternatives.
The followings are the selected advantages of boiling water before they're used for drinking.
1. Boiling kills some bacteria, viruses, cysts and worms.
2. Boiling is the simplest and easiest method of disinfecting to remove pathogens from the water. (P. Laurent, et al. Household Drinking Water Systems and their Impact on People with Weakened Immunity, MSF-Holland, Public health Depart.)
3. Heating water by boiling removes some microorganisms and some chemicals and other components that can be present in drinking water. ( Adapted from Sobsey,  2002;Skinner and Shaw, 2004;WHO, 2004a)
4. Effective in destroying several classes of waterborne pathogens like; bacterial spores, fungi, protozoan, and helminth ova.( Adapted from Sobsey,  2002;Skinner and Shaw, 2004;WHO, 2004a)
5. No need for a skills training in boiling water as long as it is boiled at the right heating temperature to kill waterborne diseases.
6. Drinking boiled water is safe as against the fresh tap water.
7. Drinking boiled water everyday increases your blood circulation.
8. Some studies suggests that by drinking hot water, removes some built deposits in our nervous system. These deposits are responsible for creating negative thoughts and emotions.
There are still lots to learn about the importance of boiling water for the safety of our body against some major diseases that caused illness to some people especially children and adults who are vulnerable by drinking unsafe water

Water Treatment Methods for Domestic Use:
Most of the methods of water treatment methods discussed below are Point Of Use (POU) devices.  POU methods treat water at the point where is is used - frequently at the kitchen sink.  Only the water that is actually used for drinking, cooking, beverage preparation, etc. is treated.  This has the advantage of economy - only a few hundred gallons of water need to be treated per year instead of many thousands if all of the water entering the home were to be treated.
  Most people who use water supplied by a municipal water company only need to worry about POU treatment, because it is your water company's responsibility to provide biologically and chemically safe water that has most objectionable taste and odor causing substances removed.  As you have read elsewhere on my site and in the local news, this is unfortunately not always the case.  Most people using public water do not need to employ Point of Entry treatment devices or  the more expensive POU devices like distillation and reverse osmosis.  It is important, though, to obtain and read the annual Water Quality Report that the water company is required to make available to you.  The contaminants most people using public water would be liable to experience at harmful or unacceptable levels are:

·         Residual disinfectants (chlorine and/or chloramine, for example) added to keep water safe during distribution.

·         Disinfection byproducts, like the trihalomethanes.

·         Lead (as discussed elsewhere, many homes leach lead into the water from pipes and/or fixtures).

·         Brief, accidental contamination by microbes (E. coli, giardia, cryptosporidia, etc.) or other contaminants.

·         If you live in an agricultural region, unacceptable levels of nitrates or organic compounds (even if they are below regulated levels).