Water Filter- Kenya
Area Description
The Kenyan people are majority Christian, and a small percent Muslim. The cuisine of Kenya mainly consists of corn, meat, fish, veggies, fruits. They have few schools in the area, consisting of day schools up to year eight. Kenya is located midway along the east coast of Africa. Most water pollutants here consist of dirt, bacteria, and fecal matter.
Product Description
- Cloth
- 2 liter bottle
- Cup of Pebbles
- 9ozSand
- 5oz Activated carbon
The total price would be about $10.00 to make our filter
We cut the 2 liter bottle in half and used the top part for our filter. The first layer we put in was the activated carbon. We used activated carbon because it is traditionally used to remove any contaminants in the water that is being filtered. The same contaminants are in the water we have to filter from Kenya. The next layer we used was the sand. The sand we used was store bought so it is cleaner and safer to use than sand from the river or a beach. The sand is used to catch anything like dirt, rocks, bits of leaves, etc. that was in the water. The final layer we used were pebbles. They are used to catch any chunks dirt, plants, feces, etc.. Finally, we put cloth in the neck of the bottle to catch anything left in the water after it went through all of the layers. We timed the rate at which out filter produces less turbid water. we found that it filters approximately one ml per second
The Kenyan people are majority Christian, and a small percent Muslim. The cuisine of Kenya mainly consists of corn, meat, fish, veggies, fruits. They have few schools in the area, consisting of day schools up to year eight. Kenya is located midway along the east coast of Africa. Most water pollutants here consist of dirt, bacteria, and fecal matter.
Product Description
- Cloth
- 2 liter bottle
- Cup of Pebbles
- 9ozSand
- 5oz Activated carbon
The total price would be about $10.00 to make our filter
We cut the 2 liter bottle in half and used the top part for our filter. The first layer we put in was the activated carbon. We used activated carbon because it is traditionally used to remove any contaminants in the water that is being filtered. The same contaminants are in the water we have to filter from Kenya. The next layer we used was the sand. The sand we used was store bought so it is cleaner and safer to use than sand from the river or a beach. The sand is used to catch anything like dirt, rocks, bits of leaves, etc. that was in the water. The final layer we used were pebbles. They are used to catch any chunks dirt, plants, feces, etc.. Finally, we put cloth in the neck of the bottle to catch anything left in the water after it went through all of the layers. We timed the rate at which out filter produces less turbid water. we found that it filters approximately one ml per second