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Module 7
The Chemistry
of Water
The Molecular Structure of Water
One oxygen atom
Two hydrogen atoms
Electrons spend more time near the oxygen and less
near the hydrogen
Water molecule is polar
The Hydrogen Bonding
From USGS
Water Quality
2. pH
• pH is criteria of acidity and baseness of water.
• pH = -log [H30+]
• [H30+] > 10-7 => pH < 7 (acid)
• [H30+] = 10-7 => pH = 7 (neutral)
• [H30+] < 10-7 => pH > 7 (base)
Sea water
due to humic acid
Increase in algae/plant
vegetation
Decrease in DO available
to organisms
2.5%
FRESHWATER
Shared by around
6.8 billion people 1%
ACCESSIBLE WATER