About Water - Water Glossary

• ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT- Radiation having a wave length shorter than 4000 angstroms (visible light) down to 100 angstroms on the border of the x-ray region. Ultraviolet light is used as a disinfectant.

• VIRUS - The smallest form of life known to be capable of producing disease or infection, usually considered to be of large molecular size. They multiply by assembly of component fragments in living cells, rather than be cell division, as do most bacteria. Being parasitic infectious microbes, they are much smaller than bacteria.

• WATER CONDITIONING- Virtually any form of water treatment designed to improve the quality of water, by neutralization, inhibition or removal of undesirable substances.

• WATER SOFTENING- The reduction or removal of calcium and magnesium ions which are the principle cause of hardness in water.
  
  
  
  

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