Water Filtration
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Water Filtration The methods used in this experiment are simple filtration methods which are used by many water companies worldwide. In this experiment simple lab equipment was used, after contaminating water with various contaminants the water was filtered by using cheesecloth, sand, activated charcoal and alum. The contaminants used in the experiment are the most common and the most hazardous. They include; cleaning detergents, vegetable oil which has the same qualities with motor oil, soil which water collects on its way to the rivers and lakes; it showed that even the most clean looking water could the most dangerous. The conclusions we get from the whole experiment is that filtration works even the most contaminated waters. Another conclusion is that there are some contaminants that will never be cleaned no matter how many times the water has been filtered. Something else we learn from this experiment is that all filtered water is safe for drinking even if it is not bottled. Water pollution is the leading cause of deaths in most developing countries but it is also a huge problem to developed countries. A human body consists of ninety percent water and we depend on water for our survival and great care should be taken to the quality of water we drink and use for cooking. Water is mostly polluted by human error and neglect but it is also polluted by natural causes. The most common natural cause that pollutes water is rain water. Rain water from our roofs and drains mixes with dirt and picks up rubbish and toxic chemicals on its way to lakes and rivers. The chemicals come from fertilizers, pesticides and from sewage. (Ingram, 2009). Most human errors are simply out of our carelessness a good example is the BP’s oil leak on the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. This leak has been recorded as the worst disaster of the United States in the recent times. It leaked for over three months
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Water Filtration The methods used in this experiment are simple filtration methods which are used by many water companies worldwide. In this experiment simple lab equipment was used, after contaminating water with various contaminants the water was filtered by using cheesecloth, sand, activated charcoal and alum. The contaminants used in the experiment are the most common and the most hazardous. They include; cleaning detergents, vegetable oil which has the same qualities with motor oil, soil which water collects on its way to the rivers and lakes; it showed that even the most clean looking water could the most dangerous. The conclusions we get from the whole experiment is that filtration works even the most contaminated waters. Another conclusion is that there are some contaminants that will never be cleaned no matter how many times the water has been filtered. Something else we learn from this experiment is that all filtered water is safe for drinking even if it is not bottled. Water pollution is the leading cause of deaths in most developing countries but it is also a huge problem to developed countries. A human body consists of ninety percent water and we depend on water for our survival and great care should be taken to the quality of water we drink and use for cooking. Water is mostly polluted by human error and neglect but it is also polluted by natural causes. The most common natural cause that pollutes water is rain water. Rain water from our roofs and drains mixes with dirt and picks up rubbish and toxic chemicals on its way to lakes and rivers. The chemicals come from fertilizers, pesticides and from sewage. (Ingram, 2009). Most human errors are simply out of our carelessness a good example is the BP’s oil leak on the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. This leak has been recorded as the worst disaster of the United States in the recent times. It leaked for over three months
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