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Culligan Water: An essence of life
ARTICLE (October 14 2002) : Culligan is one of the trusted name, for millions of people all over the world, in quality water.
Established in Illinois, USA in 1936, Culligan International Company is the undisputed leader in water treatment and for supplying healthy drinking water. As pioneer in water industry, Culligan has set industry standards of excellence in USA and internationally. Today, Culligan drinking water is the water of choice in more than 104 countries including Pakistan. We provide pure, microbiologically safe, and low TDS water, which is essential for healthy life.
Why water is essential for life?
Water is an indispensable part of life. Beyond drinking and cleaning, water plays a crucial role in our daily lives. From manufacturing the technologies that help make life easier - like cars and computers - to maintaining health across the life cycle, water is the most valuable life-giving resource we have. We can't take it for granted.
On a normal working day, the body loses about 3/4th gallon water through breathing, excretion and perspiration. On a hot day or during strenuous exercise, however, the body can lose the same amount of water in an hour. This severe water loss may cause muscle cramping, dehydration and heat stroke. Water replacement is therefore essential. The body normally replaces lost water in three ways; more than _ gallon from liquids; about _ gallon from food; and less than 1/8 gallon per day from normal bodily processes. Drinking plenty of water - about 8 - 10 glasses water per day (1 glass = 8 ounces) above and beyond other liquids - is a good rule of thumb. But the more active we are, the more water our body needs to keep up with us and we cannot rely on thirst to tell us when our body need more water.
Contaminated drinking water is a health risk
Even if our drinking water looks, tastes, and smells good, chances are there that we are just unable to declare that the water, we depends on, is free of all sorts of chemical and microbial contaminants.
Common contaminants of drinking water
THMs and Chlorine: Chlorine is being commonly used for the elimination of bacteria and other microbes from the municipal water, commonly used for drinking purpose. Recent studies show that chlorine can react with organic material present in water to form chemicals called Trihalomethanes (THMs). Chloroform is one of these THMs, a suspected cancer-causing agent.
Lead: Presence of lead in drinking water may also cause serious health problems. At low levels, reduced birth weight and premature birth, delayed mental or physical development, and impaired mental abilities in children in general, may result. At high levels of lead contamination, anaemia, kidney damage, and mental retardation can occur.
Radon: Radon is a naturally occurring gas, which is tasteless, odourless, and colourless. Radon from contaminated water may be released in the environment from showers, washing machines etc., when inhaled may cause lung cancer. Sufficient research evidence is available for the relationship between the ingestion of radon in drinking water, and increased risk of stomach cancer.
Pesticides and Herbicides: Many agricultural chemicals like atrazine and alachlor found their way into the ground water sources, their presence in the underground water has been reported repeatedly. Most of the pesticides are toxic and may cause a variety of health risks if ingested through contaminated water.
Industrial Chemicals: Contamination of surface water bodies with the effluent of different industries is common especially in the developing countries including Pakistan. Many industrial chemicals are potential carcinogens, or may cause other type of serious illnesses. Some of these industrial chemical, that now threaten the purity and safeness of our drinking water include; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polynuclear aromatics (PNAs), and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), such as TCE, benzene, and carbon tetrachloride.
Cysts and Protozoan parasites: Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giradia lamblia are the examples of intestinal parasites, which can find their way to infect us through contaminated drinking water. These pathogenic parasites can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, and flu-like symptoms that are longer lasting and more debilitating than most cases of flu.
Bacterial Enteropathogens: Typhoid, cholera, and dysentery are the common gastrointestinal illnesses, believed to be food and water borne. Salmonella typhi, Vibrio cholerae and Shigella dysentery are the respective causative agents for these deadly infectious diseases. There are several easily available routes for these pathogens to contaminate our drinking water.
Other Particulate Contaminants: Small fibres of asbestos, dirt and other particles are commonly found in drinking water.
According to surveys made by different authorities, most of our drinking water sources, both surface as well as underground, particularly in the megacity of Karachi, are found to be contaminated with one or more microbial and chemical contaminants. Leakage of under ground sewage pipe lines is very common even in the posh localities of Karachi. This sewage water travel underground and find its way into the municipal drinking water pipe lines due to the negative pressure created by several suction pumps installed on drinking water pipe lines on every street. This sewage water carries many different types of above mentioned contaminants.
The most important part about the water we drink is that it should be clear, free from all chemical and microbial contaminants and of course tastes good. The better it tastes, the more we will drink, and that's the best for our body.
Culligan; The water experts
Culligan, being in the water treatment business for nearly 65 years, we know water, water problems and their solution better than others. Our mission is to deliver high-quality drinking water and water treatment products that will benefit every part of consumers' lives. We hope to raise the quality of life by purifying its most essential element: water.
We've seen about every water problem imaginable and we've solved these problems to deliver the refreshing, clean and pure water which has become our hallmark. Free of contaminants and minerals, water treated with Culligan softeners or filtration systems makes an impression on every user, their households, and at the work place.
Culligan is pioneer in using state of the art reverse osmosis technology for the purification of drinking water. A reverse osmosis system uses a series of filters, including the technologically-advanced RO module, to reduce many microscopic impurities and chemical elements. Reverse osmosis is a water purification technique used since 1950s to produce high quality of drinking water that is virtually free from health or aesthetic contaminants.
Culligan Pakistan; since 1997 in Karachi
Culligan Pakistan started its operation in Karachi in 1997, adding people of Pakistan in the list of those privileged nations who are enjoying healthy life with exquisitely pure and safe Culligan drinking water. Culligan plant at Karachi is fully equipped with reverse osmosis and ozonation system in addition to multiple bed sand & carbon filters, softener, microfiltration system and ultraviolet treatment units.
Some minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium salts in certain balanced concentrations are, of course, essential for human body. There has been increasing scientific evidence that certain minerals play an important role in a number of biological processes through their action as activators or inhibitors of enzymatic reactions being taking place in the body. It is assumed that water quality can effect man's trace element or mineral balance and, consequently, cardiovascular system. Culligan's well balanced mineral formula provides these essential minerals to keep up a healthy living, while providing a low TDS great tasting drinking water.
At Culligan Pakistan, all the operational processes are in accordance with the high quality standards of WHO and International Bottled Water Association (IBWA). Every step of water purification and decontamination process along with strict hygienic conditions of the filling room as well as of staff is being monitored by qualified and well experienced Quality Control staff.
Culligan Pakistan has also applied for the Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) license. The case is under process, very soon we will get the quality mark of PS.
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