How Much Bacteria Is In Your Drinking Water?

Water filtration systems are extremely effective, but bacteria still manages to escape! How much of it are you drinking?

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Our water pipes crawl with millions of bacteria
“Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered 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, but this new research is about to change that.”

Global Drinking Water Quality Index Development and Sensitivity Analysis Report
“Any number of water quality measurements can serve, and have already been used, as indicators of water quality. However, there is no single measure that can describe overall water quality for anyone body of water, let alone at a global level.”

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[kper]

remember not all bacteria is harmful most has no effect on us

[wolfwaya]

here's another important thing. we had pipes for how many years now? It's not like people will start dropping dead all of a sudden just knowing about it. Also we been around for how many thousands of years? our gut is adapted to dealing with bacteria.

[kingcarlos]

2:02 "for dental hygiene"
That's what they want you to think....

[robheijdenrijk]

The amount of bacteria in tap water can vary a lot from country to country, citizens build up a resistance, which is why you should be carefull what u drink when abroad. Also what is this science channel?

[Spirit]

And then there's homeopathy.
The water somehow retains the trace of useful materials way beyond the avogadro limit, but manages to forget all the amount of shit and piss that's been in it.

[danefilemyr]

Oh my God, I lost it when he said "Hey there, Fremen" :P

[scottvelez]

Sometimes when I'm alone in the kitchen, I use the broom as a guitar and pretend I'm in Slayer.

[LeonardGreenpaw]

Ha jokes on you, I have an on tap water filter!

[SteelmanHarvey]

Congratulations on the television role, Trace!

[OmegaMegalodon]

not to mention, bacteria provides a source of proteins for us to digest too. lol

[navacamal]

Yes, but how much is bad and how much is good?

[StepBackHistory]

Hello there Fremen,
Water,
Trace is the Mahdi!

[daramyrey]

hahaha choke me with bateria lmao the best joke ive heard in my life x'D

[robcrusta]

i am a retired master plumber. i worked withe sewerage from the age of thirteen and never had a probkem with bacteria. obe time i was even in a ditch doing an emergency repair to a hospitals forced sewer main and the side of the ditch caved in on me sisplacinv all ofhis disiesed water over my ehole body even in my mouth nose eyes and ears. i was pissed but i didbt catch anything. now the older i get my immune system isnt what it used to be and i keep getting syaff infevtions every few years. my sity just insualled a new water main to my home and it failed for bad bacteria after six daus of drinking and showering in it. i had a small scratch on my left bicep and this bacteria got in the scratch and started eating my arm. i just giy out of thhe hospital after six days of bags of powerful antibiotics being dripped into my veins and surgery to instal a drain in my arm to drain all the disgust out. i am still on oral antibiotucs and still gave tge drain in. I will find out in.a dew days if i am out of the woods or if i will lose my arm or worse. these pathogens and naciilli are serious shit. if they ecer work on your water main make sure you dont use it until a lab has tested it.

[taschke]

I'm more concerned with acidity than bacteria

[JEFFREY-c-ESTES]

No one is talking about Dnews on the Science channel, surprisingly.
I think it is great that Dnews is getting more exposure, but the awesome thing about the YouTube channel is that people can interact in the comments, and the Science channel will not offer that experience.

[BunnyFett]

I like drinking water that hydrates me AND doesn't make me die from diarrhea. Awesome!

[DreamMarko]

Congratulations, I'm glad you got that opportunity, but I don't watch television.

[dankquest]

last time i was this early i found out i was adopted

[zukodude]

Stop avoiding the issue of MCR-1 it is seriously getting out of hand.