Dependence of man on the environment

Posted by Winnie Melda on February 20th, 2018

The process will examine the various levels of contaminations by applying various acids (vinegar), oils (cooking oil), and laundry detergent fragrances that are in three water models. There will be a natural filtration of these contaminates using earth materials (sand, gravel, and charcoal) the purified water is the outcome from each of the three samples of containments. The main theory for testing is that a natural filtration can be possible when there is no overwhelming of the ecosystem by these contaminants.

 Discussion

Hypothesis:

 For the first experiment, the hypothesis on oil was rejected because it was not possible to filter soil from the oil contaminated water. It became possible to transfer some amounts of soil in the contaminated groundwater. For the laundry detergent and the vinegar, my original hypothesis was accepted through the experiment results. The soil did not stop the laundry detergent and vinegar from contaminating and reaching the groundwater.

 For the second experiment, it was possible to reject the hypothesis because the technique of filtration was not able to clean the water. It was possible to trace left particles and thus the water was not right for consumption. In the third experiment, the hypothesis was also rejected. My original belief was that Dasani water and tap water would have the least level of contaminates. My surprise was that the tap water had contaminants. The second contaminated water was the Fiji water followed by Dasani and tap water with the least level of contaminants.

            The experiments indicate the common chemicals effect on the quality of water that has major implications to the quality of waiter supplies in the world (Turk, & Bensel, 2014). The three chemicals used in the experiments are the chemical compounds we use on a daily basis in both the developing and developed nations. Proper managing of these harmful chemicals, as well as their control, will help prevent the serious health threats that are now looming our water supplies in every part of the world (Meinhardt, 2013).

Drinking contaminated water could result in serious health problems such as cancer and hepatitis (World Health Organization, 2004). The symptoms associated with detergent poisoning changes blood PH balance that can damage all the body organs. Tap water can get improved to fit health and water quality standards (US EPA. 2015). Many people around the world are turning to bottled water since it always indicates its source, mineral content and often complies with health and safety standards (Balch, 2006). The findings of this experiment may have got affected by outside factors such as temperature, contaminants, and time of day.

Conclusions

            The experiment provides insightful information that proves to us that fact that it is necessary we control the effects of common contaminants on our water supplies. There is the need to pay attention to the water supply effects due to the danger they pose to our water supply systems at this time that the world’s population is growing at a rapid rate. Through this experiment, we learn that the best way of dealing with contaminants of water supply is through efforts from governments and scientists to educate the members of the public on the best means of depositing contaminants. Scientists also need to generate better ways of filtering water for the sake of ensuring the health and well-being of members of the populations. We also need to devote money and time to cleaning water as infinite resources and for its conservation for the health of the present and future generations (Vickers, 2001)

 References

Vickers, A. (2001). Handbook of water use and conservation: [homes, landscapes, businesses, industries, farms]. Amherst, MA: Water flows Press.

Meinhardt, P. (2013). Water Quality and Water-Related Disease. Oxford Bibliographies in Public Health. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199756797-0052

Turk, J. & Bensel, T. (2014). Contemporary Environmental Issues. San Diego, CA: Bridge point Education, Inc.

US EPA. (2015). Ground Water Contamination. Retrieved May 19, 2015, from

http://www.epa.gov/regipdfs/gwc1.pdf

Balch, P. (2006) nutritional healing. Penguin.

World Health Organization. (2006): Protecting Ground Water for Health-Managing the Quality of Drinking-water Sources. World Health Organization.

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