Chapter I
The Problem and its Setting
Introduction
In recent years, increasing awareness of water pollution and its far reaching effects has prompted concerted efforts towards pollution abatement. There are so many pollutants (bacteria, heavy metals, chemical, etc.) found in water. If we do not find solutions to clean our water, our marine animals will die.
According to Prof. Mercedez Cabling of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology that the condition of Nabao creek was in danger. So, we decide to have an experiment that can help in degrading pollutants in water but in a cheaper way, we will only use peanut shell. Peanut shell is one of the biggest food industry waste product, could be use to extract those pollutants in water. Peanut shell can absorb chemicals in water.
The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of peanut shell in degrading pollutants in water and with the help of charcoal filter. Though the industry uses many chemical processes to remove heavy metals for wastewater, most of them are highly expensive. This new method seems to be cheaper and eco-friendly.
Statement of the Problem
This study aimed to determine the potential of peanut shell as tools to degrade pollutants in water and to clean industrial-wastewater pollutants. Especially, it sought to answer the following questions:
1. What are the effects of the said experiment applied to the water as a treatment of filtering?
2. What are the limitations and the boundaries of the said experiment to avoid side effects and harming the environment?
3. Is there any significance among the treatment applied on clean other polluted creeks in the Philippines?
4. Hypothesis
Based on the foregoing experiments of the resea...
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...se more peanut shell and soaked the peanut shell in a short period of time.
Appendices
Nabao Creek
Get water from Nabao Creek
Peanut shell
60g peanut shell 40g peanut shell
20g peanut shell
Water with Peanut shell
After we filter with peanut shell
Charcoal
Filter the water with Charcoal Filter
Result of the Study
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M., Gutierrez…). This is something that the Marine Debris Program is looking to eliminate. By removing the plastic from the water, and preventing it from leaking its chemicals, the eating of the plastic in general, and the prospect of these plastics being breeding grounds for dangerous pathogens, the marine environment would be safer for animals and humans alike. So, it is clear, the removal of this harmful debris, specifically plastic is something that must be done through this Citizen Science
My first experiment was on a critter count. The critter count involved us to take rocks out of the creek and count all the critters that are on the rocks we find. If we find a lot of group 1 critters, critters that can’t be by pollution, then the waters aren’t polluted. If we find a lot of group 3 critters, critters that can be by pollution, then the waters are polluted. Group 2 critters are critters that can be in both, but not a lot of pollution. My group and I found lots of group 1 critters(63) which was a good sign. We also found 26 group 2 critters, so the water was polluted, but not by a lot. We found 13 group 3 critters, so we know now that the water is slightly polluted, but it is still clean.
For this whole project on the Conodoguinet creek we are trying to figure out whether or not the creek is polluted. Therefore in this project we had to form a hypothesis. My hypothesis was,If we test the Conodoguinet Creek for signs of acid rain, eutrophication or other types of pollution, at the instant when we perform the experiments we'll know whether or not the creek is polluted. Eutrophication, which is excessive richness in nutrients in a body of water due to runoff, causes a dense growth of plant life and death of macroinvertebrates due to lack of oxygen, has been a problem in the Conodoguinet Creek. In conjunction with Eutrophication, Acid rain which is, a rainfall that damages or harms the water environment has also been a key factor
... for drinking water, this would lead to contamination of the water. Whether or not this solution would benefit at all is still down for investigation.
The purpose of this experiment was to make a conclusion on why Mr. R’s lawn was turning yellow, and dieing around his drainage pipe. In this experiment there were different lab groups that tested out different chemical products, that would be washed down a drain. There was a wide assortment of products that were tested in this experiment, for example, windex was one of the products being tested. On our experimental days, we would take our product, and add it to the water supply of our grass. My lab group experimented with windex. Our hypothesis was, if windex was added to the daily water supply of grass, then the grass will turn yellow and die because of the chemicals in the windex.
This experiment was used to see the effect of salt water on the algae in the freshwater tables. The effect of salt water on algae will make the algae decrease in number. The algae were used as an indicator organism to give an idea of pollution concentrations. (Colgan, 33) Salt water can cause many problems if the salt water should enter the freshwater ways. This salt water can contaminate the aquifers and drinking waters of the world. This idea is backed up in Spatafora’s saltwater intrusion paper “When this occurs, it will move the saltwater freshwater interface inland, resulting in a higher saline concentration in the aquifers' water, rendering it useless for human consumption, unless it is treated.”(Spatafora, 2008) Not only can the saltwater effect the drinking water this water can also not be used for irrigation as seen in F. Lugoli’s article about the contamination of southeastern Salento’s groundwater “The results indicated widespread pollution from salt and microbial contamination. Contamination from faecal microorganisms posed a significant risk of human infection in 100% of samples. Furthermore, the water was unsuitable even for irrigation in a high percentage of cases (31.8%), which is of considerable significance given that agriculture is one of the most important economic activities in the area under study.”(Lugoli, 2010) The salt water can also kill the plants, algae, and ultimately the animals that use that water for water and food. The rising amounts of saltwater can cause plants to die as seen in Winn’s Saltwater Intrusion and Morphological Change at the Mouth of the East Alligator River, Northern Territory article “Significant morphological change has occurred since 1950, with the tidal creek extending 4 km inlan...
Water pollution has had devastating effects on the environment, which include irreversible effects on the oceans ecosystem. People often underestimate the importance of the ocean. They don’t realize how much damage pollution has caused to the ocean and the thousands of creatures that inhabit it. Earth is a huge place, but resources are actually very limited and will not last forever unless there is a balance. We must protect the resources we have in order for them to last into the next generation.
A single water drop traveling from any river to any ocean is influenced with more than one hundred toxic chemicals and thousands of industrial pollutants. This is what people call water pollution, occurring in any state, country or continent. Unfortunately, throughout the centuries, water pollution has been an ongoing problem, mainly caused by the release of industrial toxins and chemicals. People around the world believe that plastic and metal make up the vast majority of this issue, but as years have come and gone, the quantity of chemicals released by small and large facilities are now the leading cause of water pollution. Although industries need to release waste somewhere, they should avoid putting it in waterways because it impacts the
By the oceans being polluted not only are animals affected humans are too. What some people don't know is that they are killing of and disturbing offspring by polluting waters. "Ocean pollution results in smaller catches of fish all over the world, either by killing fish directly, preventing them from breeding, or causing birth abnormalities. Seabirds are unable to breed and whales are poisoned. Pollution also seems to be responsible for a new disease among seals. Without even swallowed, plastic can kill seabirds, turtles, and other creatures by trapping them. People drinking water from polluted seas can become sick. Deadly infectious diseases like cholera and typhoid can break out." There are many different types of sizes of plankton everywhere in our ocean waters.
This is known to not being useful for the quality of the water to be used by people. Most likely it has other health effects.
Water Pollution is a current issue that has serious consequences; it progresses everyday in our lakes, oceans, rivers and other bodies of water.
Phytoremediation is a novel, efficient, environmentally friendly, low-cost technology, which uses plants and trees to clean up soil and water contaminated with heavy metals and/or organic contaminants such as solvents, crude oil, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and other toxic compounds from contaminated environments. This technology is useful for soil and water remediation.
"Protecting Water Quality from Agricultural Runoff." Home. EPA, Mar. 2005. Web. 9 Mar. 2012. .
Water plays such an important role in our daily lives. 70% of our body is composed of water. 70% of the earth surface is also made up of water, but out of the 70%, only 1/3 of water is consumable. In fact, this amount has been continuously to decrease as more and more industries began to pollute and damage the water. For example, many toxic chemicals may be released into the water thus making the water impure. Such pollutions and damages lead the water to be contaminated and inconsumable as it may cause severe diseases. Water purification can remove all the unnecessary bacteria and viruses from the water that is hazardous for our health. Water purification may also improve the flavor and appearance of water. It removes the unpleasant odor. Therefore, water purification became one of the most useful and popular process used by people all over the world today. It is by far the most recommended and safest water treatment that is commonly used to purify damaged water into consumable water. Water purification provides us with safe, pure and clean water to consume and use.
Millions of tons of plastics are disposed of into oceans and other water sources (i.e. rivers, ponds, etc.). The incorrectly discarded plastics are swept up by large ocean currents, and over time degrade into microscopic particles. These microparticles may be the cause of various adverse human and wildlife health effects, such as infertility and the inhibition of growth. This distressing issue must be brought further to the public’s opinion, and heavily regulated to reduce the effects.