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Role of Water in Human Life

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The challenging analysis of the sustainable development of civilization in the twenty-first century has been delivered. The issues of the water influence on global ecological and climate processes have been discussed. It has been examined that water is the buffer of the planet and its immune system. It has been revealed a relationship between the quality of drinking water and the level of intellectual development of a person, and his/her health. The ways to maintain stable development of water ecosystems have been identified. Current problems related to the quality of drinking water worldwide have been highlighted. The problems of getting physiologically and genetically safe drinking water, and also peculiarities and disinfection problems of drinking and bottled water have been covered. In the context of particular magnitude of the drinking water quality a detailed analysis of the sources conditions of drinking water supplies has been affected.

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  1. Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Goncharuk, V. (2014). Role of Water in Human Life. In: Drinking Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04334-0_1

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