It almost never is. BUT
(pH stands for potential hydrogen)
pH is a (negative of) the log of the number of positive ions in the water.
At 25 degrees C, thermal agitation in pure water will produce 10 to the minus 7 (moles of) ions per liter,
thus pH 7 (at 37 degrees it's 7.4)
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That is a mathematical consequence of the dissociation of water into H30+ and OH- ions, which is a concentration of approx 1 times 10 to the power of -7 of each ion in pure water.
Because it is. Some things "just are". This is one of them. The dissociation constant of water at 24oC just happens to be 1x10-14, so the pH is 7.
Ultrapure water has the pH=7; bottled water is not pure, so the pH is variable depending to the type of water.
Yes and no. Pure water at 25°C has a pH of 7.0. However, water autoionises, that is splits into H+ (in the form of H3O+) and OH- spontaneously. This process is accelerate by increased temperature, that is, occurs more readily at higher temperature. Therefore at a higher temperature there will me more H+ and OH- in solution (always in equal proportions). As pH is a measure of the amount of H+ in solution, as the temperature increases, the pH will lower (lower pH means more H+). i.e. at 37°C the pH of pure water, the same water as above, will be 6.81. This water will not be acidic though, as the OH- concentration has increased by the same amount, it's just that pH only measures the pH concentration. Conversely, cool the water, and the pH will go up, 7+ for same reasons.
Water is never by itself in the human body, blood, which is obviously mostly water, has a pH of 7.4, slightly basic. Lymph, even more water than blood, is a little higher at 7.5
Purified water should have a pH level of 7. The values of 7 is neutral on the pH scale.
The definition of a neutral chemical is an aqueous solution with a pH of 7.0 ([H+] = 1.0 x 10-7 M)