Utilization and Efficiency Testing of An Improvised Water Purifier

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Water is the basic necessity of people. Every household tries to find and construct a water source to supply this necessity. However, some of the sources are contaminated by E. coli and dissolve iron on water causing it to be unsafe for drinking and cooking purposes. Urban communities such as Barangay Gundaway, Cabarroguis found these contaminations in their water sources. Due to this,a water purifier is one of the solutions to remove these contaminations if not lessen the amount present in water ready for consumption. In this study, the researcher developed an improvised water purifier to help the community.

METHODS

This study used the experimental research design. The control variable used no purifiers while the T1 used only sand. For T2 used water filters, constructed using a pitcher and different layers of Activated Carbons and foam. The water samples were gathered in Barangay Gundaway and underwent filtration for T1 and T2. Lastly the water samples filtered for T1 and T2 samples for the control were subjected to Substance present (Iron) analysis and Total Coliform and E Coli Count by DOST. A survey was also conducted for the odor.

RESULTS

The different water samples from the experiment were sent to DOST for analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of the filtration system in terms of Substance Present (Iron), Total Coliform and E. Coli Count and survey was conducted to determine the level of odor of the water samples. It revealed that the Iron content of the filtered water on T1 and T2 lowered the level of iron but only T1 had the accepted level of Iron present on water. On the other hand, none of the treatments met the Standard Specification for drinking water. Lastly, for the survey, only T2 is the only treatment without odor.

DISCUSSIONS

The Improvised Water Purifier is efficient in lowering the substance present (Iron) however, Sand purifier has a higher efficiency. It is also efficient in removing the odor of the water based on the conducted survey. On the other hand, the Improvised water purifier is not efficient in removing the coliform and E. coli. With these results, it is recommended to use the improvised water purifier in terms of its efficiency on lowering the substance content and odor. For future researchers, another treatment must be included such as sand purifiers added with the contents of improvised water purifier. Lastly, the water purifier must have additional features to remove the coliform and E. coli.