Why is water AFTER A FLOOD not safe to drink?

Question

)= Just wondering WHY. I know its not, but I am just curious to why it is not.

Thanks,

AK

Answer 1

A flood is good way to spred diseses ,Because if dead bodies  in the water and unknown things that would be in it

Answer 2

because it touched all those poeple,the ground, debris and + if your talking about seawater it was never safe to drinkanyways.I HOPE THIS HELPS YOUR BRAIN!!!

Answer 3

Floods and coastal inundation due to storm surges pollute drinking water sources causing outbreak of epidemics.

Answer 4

diease, parasites, and all that other yummy goodness

Answer 5

Because it causes septic systems to back up and the water sources become polluted with human waste..

Answer 6

Because it comes up and runs through all sorts of dirty places, even sewers.

Answer 7

Drinking water is processed to remove bacteria and other undesirable contaminants.

  Flood water pick up many dangerous bacteria and other pathogens that could easily be lethal to the drinker.

  Straining it and boiling it would save you a lot of grief.

Answer 8

Flood water runs into drink supplies and pollutes it, so would you want to drink pee and poo water with other nasty gross things in it?

Answer 9

water has a lot of importance after air water is the most important element that we put into our body water is the base for chemical reactions the brain is 80%of water when there is a flood normally the flood water mixes with the drinking water and the water gets polluted so when we drink this polluted water we get many diseases and our body systems may totally damage so water after a flood is not safe to drink