Question

One of the main water lines supplying the houses in a town has broken. The town officials have issued an order telling everyone to boil their drinking water until the water supply has been retested and found safe. If some of the people chose to drink the water without boiling it first, how might their health be affected differently than that of people who boiled their drinking water?

Answer 1

They might get infected with living organisms that could make them sick.

Answer 2

If some of the people chose to drink the water from the supplying line broken without boiling, they are in risk to get ill due to the presence of bacteria. Boiling water is a safe measure to kill most bacteria and should be used to avoid diseases caused by bacteria present in contaminated water.