Quinnnadeau

Erickeefauver
Michaellatzen

Foulwaterlab

2)ThePurposeistofilterMrs.Sparrow's
foulpondwaterthroughacontraptionthat
ourgrouphasmade.Ourgroupislooking
fortheclearest,leastsmelly,andlowest
ionization.

3)Introductiontoourmethodof
purification,usedagatoradebottlewith
papertowelsandsand.Ourgroupchose
thismethodbecauseitwaswhatwehad
onhand.Alsothismethodischeapand
efficient.Ourmethodutilizesagravityfeed
filtrationsystemthatseparatesoutthe
course,largermaterialswiththesandand
finematerialswiththepapertowellocated
atthebottomofthefilter.Waterwillbe
separatedfromtheoilbygoingthroughthesand,andtheremainingoiliscaughtwiththepaper
towelatthebottom.

4)Ourmaterialsincludeaplasticgatorade
bottle,sand,papertowel,graduatedcylinder,
twobeakers,andfoulwater.

5)Procedureputfiltrationsystemtogetherand
getfoulwaterfromMrs.Sparrowgettwo
beakersplacefiltrationsystemontopof
beakerandpourwaterthroughthefilterwait
andthenrepeatintoaseparatebeaker10
times.

6)Dataforthislab:Startingamountoffoul
waterweusedwas300mlendingyieldof
waterafterthe10cyclesoffiltrationwas227mlforatotallossof73ml.

7)(Analyzingevidence)1)Thepercentrecoverywas227mlofpurifiedwater.2)Duringthe
entireprocesswelost73mlofwater.3)Thepercentoforiginalfoulwaterlostduringpurification
was24.3percent,soapproximatelyonefourth.(MakingClaims)1)Ourgroupswaterisnot
purifiedbecausewhentestingforionizationtherewasveryclearsignsofitbeingcontaminated
still.2)Ourwaterqualitywasgoodbutitwasn'tthebestcomparedtootherlaboratorygroups.
Ourgroupjudgedbasedonthecolorweatherornotitwasclearorifithadaodor.3)Ifour
grouphadmorematerialstomakeanotherfilter,wewouldhaverecoveredahigherpercentage
ofpurifiedwater.4)Theestimatedtimeourgroupspentonpurificationwasapproximately45
minutes.Yes,thetimeinvestmentresultedinalargeenoughsample,becauseourgroups
overallturnoutwas75.7percentpurifiedwater.5)No,idon'tbelievethatifourgroupspent
moretimeonpurificationthatourwaterqualitywouldhavebeenanybetter.Ifyouspent10
timesthetimeourgroupspentthenitwouldpayoffbecauseyouwouldbeabletomakea
betterfiltrationsystemwiththegiventime.6)Theseplantsdonotusedistillationsimply
becauseofhowmuchenergyandmoneyisrequiredtodistillwater.Theadvantagesof
distillationwouldbeacleanerwaterduetotheheatkillingoffanypathogens.7)Yesour
proceduredidnotremoveallcontaminantsoutofthewatersimplybecausetherightmaterials
werenotused.

8)PostLabActivity:Thiswasdiscussedinclassandwetestedtheionizationofwater
recoveredfromeachgroupandthemoreionizationtherewasthebrighterthelightbulblightup
whenthewaterwasplacedunderthebulbwithmetalrodscomingdownfromit.

9)(Conclusion)Overalliwouldsayweweresomewhatsuccessfulbutattheendofthedayour
waterwasstillcontaminated.Thepurificationcouldhavebeenimprovedifourgrouphadmore
materialstomakeanotherfiltrationsystem.Oursourcesoferrorweresimplylackofsupplies
andalsolackofknowledgeonwhattouseforthepurificationofourwater.