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Using a cup of muddy brown water I poured it through the water filter and let it set for about 30 minutes and after waiting, you could start seeing drops of clear water coming from the bottleneck of the water filter and continued to pour clear water into the empty cup until it was completely done filtering.

In conclusion, we were able to create a low-tech version of a very sophisticated model of water filtration system that is used and needed all around the world with materials from nature and a couple items from the pet store (Sand $15 Charcoal $5). Although the water has now been filtered to a clear water it is still not 100% clean to drink as there is still bacteria that must be removed from the water which can be done through boiling the water.

 

PROJECT FOR MM1A03

BY HESSAM EBRAHIMI

Gathering all the materials together, I began constructing the water filter.

1. Cut the bottom half of the 2L bottle and turn it upside down and place it within a cup/or glass for the water to be filtered into.
2. Use either a cloth or paper towel and stuff it into the bottleneck of the bottle as the last layer of filtering in the system to keep the carbon from going through.
3. Set a layer of Activated Charcoal as the finest layer of material in the filter enabling it to remove any last bits of contamination.
4. Set a layer of fine grain sand as the second layer to help filter any minerals that are too big for the sand.
5. Next, is a layer of gravel on top of the sand to filter any medium sized sediment
6. On top of the gravel there will be small rocks and big rocks to be the first line of filtering where any big debris or excess materials from getting through.
7. Lastly, a coffee filter can be placed on top if needed as another level of filtering
   

   

In order to successfully create this water filter several materials were needed to be used together to create the filtering process.

1. 2L Plastic Bottle
   • The Plastic bottle will be used to hold all the filtering materials in an order from fine material to coarse
2. Paper Towel
   • Placed at the mouth/lid of the bottle forming the the lining for the system
3. Activated Charcoal
   • The activated charcoal is the finest material in the system used as a filtering layer
4. Sand
   • Sand is used as another layer in the filtering system
5. Gravel
   1. Gravel is used as another layer that helps filter out contaminated substance
6. Small Rocks
   • Small rocks used as the second layer in the filter system
7. Big Rocks
   • Big rocks used as first layer in the filter system that block off any contamination that is too big and thick.

After reading about the water crisis in Flint, it sparked an idea to recreate a water filtration system. Although it may not be the desired solution for the Flint water crisis, it is a great piece of technology that helps clean water. A water filtration system removes impurities such as undesirable chemicals, any sort of contamination, and other solid/gaseous waste using the process of a physical barrier (in our case) to separate the water from the polluted waste.

 

 

Our Water Filtration System will be simpler in terms of being able to clean basic dirty water barring any gaseous/biohazard contamination compared to professional systems that completely clean the water from any contamination within the water and produce water ready for any purpose.

Flint, Michigan had been without clean water since 2014, when the issue first came up. Due to several factors with treatment of pipelines and a lead contamination breakout resulted to extremely elevated levels of the heavy metal neurotoxin creating a very big public health danger concern.