Tri-Bin: Constructing and Evaluating Fishpond Water Waste Filtering System

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The need for clean water in the environment has been a significant problem in society. Fishponds, as part of the urban community, became a waste disposal place nowadays. The presence of different water wastes and harmful chemicals in water source may leave a threat to the lives of aquatic animals as well as the community. Therefore, as a response to this situation, researchers constructed an enhanced product named as Tri-Bin that can collect and filter lead for cleaner water quality.

METHODS

The Tri-Bin has three layers: plastic collector, water filtrate, and way-out. In constructing a Tri-Bin, the process is divided into four phases. First, a gathering of materials then construction. The third phase, testing of the product in actual set up, involves three tests. First, an acceptability survey, which is answerable by yes or no rubrics, was administered to random respondents. The results were interpreted using the Likert Scale. Second, the product was tested in the pond to determine its ability to collect plastics. Using a t-test independent, researchers evaluated the waste collected and if Tri-Bin was able to filter lead content.

RESULTS

Researchers found out that seven (7) out of ten (10) respondents agrees that it is acceptable in terms of appearance, stability, and durability. In determining lead content, two were tested using Ultraviolet Spectrophotometric equipment. The mean 91.32 lead content in initial and 60.71 in the filtered sample showed a decrease of lead content. Furthermore, the test of dependent means proves that there is a significant difference between the two samples since the computed value of 2.91 is higher than the critical value of2.215.

DISCUSSIONS

The research was able to prove that there is a decreasing amount of plastics and filtering of lead from the water with water sources having plastic collecting and filtering system both in one product, Tri-Bin. The present study found out that it can filter lead in water. Also, the acceptance of Tri-Bin has adequate and satisfactory rate to ten respondents. Lastly, the evaluation of research outcomes shows that Tri-Bin can collect plastics even after several used. In conclusion, these results clearly show that the constructed Tri-Bin is approved to public & standard and recommended as a water filtering system for fishponds.