Question

PLEASE HELP!!!!! Is it as critcal for your tap water to be a good buffer as it is for the water at the nearest lake to be a good buffer? Why or why not?
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Answer 1

The water at the nearest lake is a good buffer than water from the tap.

Buffer solutions

A buffer solution is a solution that has the ability to resist the pH change of the solution because it either contains a weak acid and its conjugate base or a weak base and its conjugate acid.

Examples of naturally containing buffer solution is the blood which contains bicarbonate as a buffering system that maintains its pH.

In the lake, there are presence of shoreline buffer which is a strip of natural vegetation along the shoreline of a lake. It creates a natural buffer system that helps resist the acidifying effect of additional acid rainfall.

Therefore, the water at the nearest lake is a good buffer than water from the tap.

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