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<p style="text-align:left">Becoming one of the popular health
trends, there is a big chance you might have heard about alkaline water. Coming
from basic science, most of us know that on the opposite spectrum of acidity is
alkalinity. </p>
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<p style="text-align:left">Alkalinity is defined as “the buffering capacity of a water body or the measure of the ability of a water body to neutralize acids and bases and thus maintain and fairly stable pH level.” In simpler terms, it is a measurement of a water’s ability to neutralize acids. If water’s neutral state is at 7, anything lower than that is acidic, while anything higher than that is alkaline. </p>
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<h4><strong>Importance of
Alkalinity </strong></h4>
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<p style="text-align:left">Alkalinity is useful in the health of a
lake as the lake ecosystem as aquatic organisms benefit from stable pH values.
In today’s society where bodies of water can experience sudden input of
contamination such as chemicals and wastewater, it can disrupt the acid/base
balance present which can lower the pH of the bodies of water. The same thing
occurs during acid shock when <a href="https://www.water-research.net/index.php/the-role-of-alkalinity-citizen-monitoring">acid rain, acidic dryfalls, and
discharges of tanning water</a> happens and comes into contact with the water. High
alkaline in water can act as a great buffer to counter when these acidic
discharges enter the body of water. This is why having high alkalinity is
important in maintaining a relatively constant pH. </p>
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<p><strong>What Causes
Alkalinity?</strong></p>
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<p>Bicarbonates are the major form of
alkalinity in natural waters; coming from the carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere coupled with the weathering of carbonate minerals like rock and
soil. In the example of the lake, alkalinity is caused by the rocks and land
surrounding the body of water. Here, precipitation lands on the rocks that
surround the lake and picks up its minerals before it goes to the water which
increases the alkaline level. If these landscape is an area that is abundant in
limestone which contains chemicals such as calcium carbonate (CaCO3), the
alkalinity of the water rises, whereas areas containing granite in large
amounts can lower the alkalinity.</p>
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<p><strong>How is it
Measured?</strong></p>
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<p>Alkaline is measured using a process
called titration. This is when an initial pH reading is taken then small
amounts of acid is added incrementally, the water is stirred, then the pH is
taken again. This is a process done many times until the compounds found in
water such as bicarbonates, can no longer neutralize the acids. Once it reaches
this equivalence point, all further acid added will then lower the pH level.</p>
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<p><strong>Alkaline
Drinking Water</strong></p>
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<p>Alkaline water that we consume for
drinking comes from water filtration systems. These household water filtration
systems do not only work to remove contaminants in the water like fluoride,
chlorine, and many other toxic metals, but they can also make the water more
alkaline in itself. These types of filters include mineral balls to achieve
this. 

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