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beautiefair in # • 2 years ago

Good analysis.

Well, the price of sachet water also known as pure water ranges with location. I stay in the southern part of Nigeria, Rivers state to be precise, and a bag of sachet water is sold for 200naira and it contains 20 sachets. 3 sachets are sold for 50naira, 2sachets are sold for 30naira.

There are boreholes, bottle waters as well as the C-way water where one can refill also.

During my final year at university, I worked on two different rural communities in rivers state that lacked portable drinking water and as such resulted in drinking of water from rivers as well as what we call ‘well’(it’s like a pit,dug to the water level region. They attach a rope to a plastic in other to get water). I noticed high level of heavy metals as well as hydrocarbons in such water bodies and this did not just only affect the people of that location, it also affected the organisms found in the water bodies that I carried out such analysis.

Well, my work was on comparative analysis of the water bodies of two different communities affected with portable drinking water.

You can see how the water from one of the locations looked like from the picture above.

It’s sad that the Government still decides to turn a blind eye towards this communities.

Picture of what a well looks like..

2 years ago in # by beautiefair

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terganftp 2 years ago

That is so cool.
..... Well... not drinking contaminated water that's awful.

However, thanks so much for telling me about that. I'm sure you know why I wanted to mention ways of cleaning the water...even if just simple solar systems to make water a little safer to drink. Of course a filtration system with slime layer, followed by activated charcoal filtration, then UV sterilization would be so much better.

As for governments getting things done. Good luck. In my experience they are all talk and no action. I personally think things go better when communities take action to make things better but of course that takes money.

So many problems.

As for you doing water analysis. I wish I could borrow you to check the well water on my property in the Philippines. I have water but no way to test it which is really annoying to me. At least my property in rural Canada has access to fresh water...but it's something you don't see every day. I'll take pictures and post it for you to laugh at when I go there this weekend.

I'll also ask your opinion. Air conditioners and Dehumidifiers are a reliable way to produce water. However, there is always the possibility of contamination with metals from their workings and bacteria/mold/viruses from the air. Any ideas on the best way to purify it? Have you any way to test it and see just how good or bad it actually is?

Thanks again for your input, I really appreciate it.

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beautiefair 2 years ago

I wish it was also possible to work with you. Water samples are usually sent in from various locations for analysis, although depending on the parameters to be worked on as some require Insitu analysis. Accurate results might not be gotten if water samples are not worked on immediately.

In response to your question….
Scientifically, the only way to confirm if the water is good, Is to conduct Water Portability on it.Once you have the result
You could tell if it needs Enriching with ions or further Treatment.

There are different ways you could treat this water...
You have normal softening
Using Charcoal and the rest, like you mentioned above..
Or the more sophisticated,using Zeolites process.

It’s really nice sharing thoughts on your post.

I am working on a post that will really help, and I will tag you to it.

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terganftp 2 years ago

Of course I know all this. I just can't find a water sample lab in the Philippines other than government ones that won't accept samples from private individuals (sigh).

As for zeolites I've only ever thought of them for their drying effect. Was going to look into them more properly when I start turning sugar-->alcohol-->distill-->zeolite-->vehicle fuel.

I've never considered them for water purification before. Look forward to reading your post.

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