Although we are in the 21st century, there are currently regions of the world where there is no public access network of sanitary water. That is why it is often necessary to make ways of manufacturing homemade water filters that can serve in these areas of the planet or, simply, because at home, water comes out with small impurities.
In the following ecology article, we will tell you about How to make a homemade water filter to drink So you can make clean water in your own home.
What is a home water filter for
Homemade water filters can simulate what happens in naturewhere water is naturally filtered by materials such as sand and gravel, and emanate cleanly through springs.
Therefore, these types of filters use the mechanical action of these materials to eliminate the impurities that water possesses and together with benign coal and microorganisms, it is also possible eliminate harmful pathogens for our healthas Vibrio Choleraebacteria that cause cholera. When passing through these materials, if it is done correctly, the water is getting rid of its impurities, leaving at the end clean and suitable for consumption.
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What is needed to make a homemade water filter – Materials
Not many are necessary Materials to make a water filterall you need is the following:
- Large plastic container, bottle type, approximately one meter high.
- Gravel.
- Fine sand.
- Small and medium size stones, sneled singing type.
- Activated carbon.
- Natural cotton or polyfill.
How to make a homemade water filter, coal and stones – steps
Take note of the steps to make a homemade water filter easily:
- The first step for the manufacture of our homemade water filter or Home Water Purifier is to prepare the material that we are going to use, properly cleaning all material. The plastic container will be cleaned with soaps with antibacterial action, while the stones and the sand will also be cleaned with water and remove to remove impurities, without adding soap. The water container must be correctly closed to fill it with water and extract it, by means of a upper and lower passage key, through which the impurities free water comes out.
- Once the material is correctly disinfected and clean, we will begin with the manufacture itself of the filter. This filter manufacturing process consists of alternating the layers of the different materials correctly ordered to fulfill their function. You can see the right order in the following section.
- It can also be incorporated a transparent tube of the same height as the system, at its output at the bottom, so that we know the volume of water that is filtered in the system and if the volume of water is the same in the tube as in the filter, this would indicate that the manufacture of the filter is not adequate, while if it is the level it is a little lower it is well manufactured. On the other hand, if the resulting water level is very low, it would indicate that the system is plugged. Although this tube is not necessary, it is fine to use it To see the operation of the filter.
Order of the layers of materials to make a water purifier
Starting from the lower layers and climbing to the superiors, the order in which you must add the layers of material to make a purifier of water is as follows:
- Cotton or polyfill layer between 3 and 6 cm.
- Layer of medium -sized stones with a height of approximately 25 cm.
- Layer of small size with a height of approximately 12 cm.
- Gravel layer with a height of approximately 3 cm.
- Activated carbon layer with a height of approximately 3 cm. This layer greatly increases the filtering properties of the system.
- Gravel layer with a height of approximately 2 cm.
- Fine sand layer with a height of approximately 6 cm.
- Gravel layer with a height of approximately 6 cm.
- Layer of small size, sneled singing type, with a height of approximately 12 cm.
If you want to make it easier, take note of this Another way to make a homemade filtertaking into account that you have to always place the cotton at the base, where the water will come out.
- Cotton.
- Activated carbon.
- Fine sand.
- Thick sand.
- Gravel or stones of medium or small size.
If you do not have many materials, the minimums to use are cotton and activated carbon or, instead of the latter, sand and gravel. When you have it ready, place the water above and let it fall through the filter, that the materials are collecting the particles that we want to filter and that the clean water finally comes out down the key below.
HOME WATER FILTER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
He Home Water Purifier Operation It is based on the entrance of water with impurities through the top, which crosses the various layers of the system, arriving clean and free of impurities to the lower part of the system. With this filter it is possible to clean the impurities of the entered water, but if it is manufactured to use for an entire family, another should also have container to store This water free of impurities.
Regarding filter maintenance, Every 6 months Approximately, it is convenient disassemble the filter to clean Again the sand, the stones, the gravel and replace the activated carbon, because in the course of time, it loses its filter properties. In addition, if its use is intensive we should do it before.
The necessary size of our filter can vary according to our needs, from a larger one if it is for a family to a smaller and simplest one if it is for a specific time, or can even be complemented with a rainwater collection system.
Below you can watch a video of this whole process to make your own homemade water filter.
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