There are seven steps to
the Hydrologic Cycle:
- the highly contaminated
ocean water
(35,000 PPM of total dissolved solids)
- the warming rays of the sun
- the invisible evaporation of water molecules from the
ocean's surface
- the clouds
- the cool air in the atmosphere
that triggers the rain to start
- the rain (0 PPM of total dissolved solids.)
- the accumulation of rainfall in lakes and streams
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How nature purifies water.
Water is essential to all life. Without it the biosphere that exists on the surface of the
earth wouldn't be possible. Nicknamed the "water" planet, earth is covered by
one of our most precious resources. However 97% is locked in the oceans, toxic to humans
and many plants and animals. How do we obtain fresh water resources then?  Hydrologic Cycle
To understand, we need to turn to the Hydrologic Cycle. The Hydrologic Cycle (also
called the water cycle) is the process that moves water around the earth. The cycle starts
with the sun heating water in our rivers, lakes and oceans and turning it into water vapor
which rises into the air (called evaporation). When water vapor cools it forms clouds
(condensation) which become heavy with water and rains back to earth (precipitation).
Water is not created or destroyed
It is this process that cleans the earth’s water. Water is not created or destroyed.
Simply put, it is continually changing location and form. The water you drink today may
have been lapped up by dinosaurs millions of years ago, or helped fill Julius
Caesar’s bathing pool. The water we use now is the same supply the human race started
with. Its quality is renewed again and again by the natural Hydrologic Cycle.
Inside a typical distiller
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