Building the Water Filter

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

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