Copper is a reddish-gold metal that is easily worked and drawn into wires. It is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity and is used widely in industry, households, and medicine. Copper can dissolve from pipes into drinking water, especially from hot water. High copper levels may enter the environment through mining, farming, manufacturing or waste water. Excessive copper intake can damage the liver, eyes, skin, brain and cause other health issues. Practical options to reduce copper in drinking water include flushing pipes before use, installing filtration systems, and monitoring nearby industrial activity.

3.  Shiny, reddish copper was the first metal ever
manipulated by humans, and it remains an
important metal in industry today.

4.  A reddish-gold metal that is easily worked and drawn
into wires

5.  Anti microbial agent
 Good conductors of heat and electricity
 used in many synthetic chemical reactions
 It is an essential element for all human beings(copper
metabolism)
 Used to manufacturing of machines , pipes , electrical wires
, ect.,
 Used in medical field.
 Used to make many household vessels
 And used in electronic items and many devices
 Used in agricultural pesticides , and to control algae in
lakes and reservoirs.

8.  Copper works its way into the water by dissolving
from copper pipes in the household plumbing.
 If the water kept more time in the Cu pipe, the out
coming water from the faucet, would have Cu
particles.
 If the out coming water from the faucet was hot
water, the water would dissolved copper more
quickly than cold water.
 The Cu pipe easily get corrode . (after long time)

10.  High levels of copper may get into the
environment through mining ,farming
,manufacturing operations, And municipal
or industrial waste water releases into river
and lakes.
 The level of copper in surface and ground
water is generally very low.
 Copper can get into drinking water either by
directly contaminating well or through
corrosion of copper pipes if our water is

11. In street pipes
In sink pipes(home)

12. Corrosion inside the pipe
Copper(dust)
sedimentation in water

13.  Excessive intake of Cu to our body ,
resulting….
 Liver damage,
 Serious eye problem(corneal infection)
 Hair loss
 Skin rashes
 Brain damage , ect .,

14. Skin rashes and allergyCornea affect
Brain problems
Eye problems in animals

17.  Flushing the water system before using the water
for drinking , cooking is a practical option.
 If a faucet has not been used for several hours
(more than 6 hr) we should flush the system by
running the water for at least 15 seconds ,first
thing in the morning before drinking or use it.
 We can use RO , Ultra filtration , Distillation , or
ion exchange membrane in our home .(one faucet
water system)
 WATCHING neighbor's activity
 Alternative approval plastic source.

19.  In industries , we can use…
 MISCELLANEOUS PROCESS,
 DISTILLATION
 ELECTRODIALYSIS
 REVERCE OSMOSIS
 ADSORPTION PROCESS
 LIME-SODA SOFENING
 ION EXCHANGE