Editing Water (section)

==Types of water==


Water can appear in three states; it is one of the very few substances to be found naturally in all three states on earth. Water takes many different forms on Earth: water vapor and clouds in the sky; seawater and rarely icebergs in the ocean; glaciers and rivers in the mountains; and the liquid in aquifers in the ground. 

Water can dissolve many different substances, giving it different tastes and odors. In fact, humans and other animals have developed senses which are, to a degree, able to evaluate the drinking water|potability of water, avoiding water that is too salty or putrid. Humans also tend to prefer cold water to lukewarm; cold water is likely to contain fewer microorganism|microbes. The taste advertised in spring water or mineral water derives from the minerals dissolved in it, as pure H<sub>2</sub>O is tasteless. As such, purity in spring and mineral water refers to purity from toxins, pollutants, and microorganism|microbes.

Different names are given to water's various forms:

*'''according to state'''
**solid - ice
**liquid - water
**gaseous - water vapor

*'''according to meteorology''':
**hydrometeor
***Precipitation
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*vertical (falling) precipitation
**rain
**freezing rain
**drizzle
**freezing drizzle
**snow
**snow pellets
**snow grains
**ice pellets
**frozen rain
**hail
**ice crystals
*horizontal (seated) precipitation
** dew
** hoarfrost
** atmospheric icing
** glaze ice
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*liquid precipitation
**rain
**freezing rain
**drizzle
**freezing drizzle
**dew
*solid precipitation
**snow
**snow pellets
**snow grains
**ice pellets
**frozen rain
**hail
**ice crystals
** hoarfrost
** atmospheric icing
** glaze ice
*mixed precipitation
**in temperatures around 0 °C
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** levitating particles
*** clouds
*** fog
*** BR (according to METAR)
** ascending particles (drifted by wind)
*** spindrift
*** ''stirred snow''
*'''according to occurrence'''
** groundwater
** meltwater
** meteoric water
** connate fluids
** fresh water
** surface water
** mineral water – contains much minerals
** brackish water
** dead water – strange phenomenon which can occur when a layer of fresh or brackish water rests on top of more dense salt water, without the two layers mixing. It is dangerous for ship traveling.
** seawater
** brine
*'''according to uses'''
** tap water
** bottled water
** drinking water or potable water – useful for everyday drinking, without fouling, it contains balanced minerals that are not harmful to health (see below)
** purified water, laboratory-grade, analytical-grade or reagent-grade water – water which has been highly purified for specific uses in science or engineering. Often broadly classified as Type I, Type II, or Type III, this category of water includes, but is not limited to the following:
***distilled water
***double distilled water
***deionized water

*'''according to other features'''
** soft water – contains less minerals
** hard water – from underground, contains more minerals
** distilled water, double distilled water, deionized water - contains no minerals
** Water of crystallization — water incorporated into crystalline structures
** Hydrates — water bound into other chemical substances
** heavy water – made from heavy atoms of hydrogen - deuterium. It is in nature in normal water in very low concentration. It was used in construction of first Nuclear reactor technology|nuclear reactors.
** tritiated water

*'''according to microbiology'''
**drinking water
**wastewater
**stormwater or surface water

*'''according to religion'''
**holy water