| Can you build effective homemade water filtration | | | | might give them an idea of how your kitchen |
| systems? Well, that all depends on your purpose. | | | | counter filter works and you can give them this |
| If you want to keep your fish tank clean there | | | | explanation. |
| are some acceptable homemade water filtration | | | | Unlike homemade water filtration systems, our |
| systems, but of course you have to buy the | | | | kitchen purifier has a lot of different steps inside. |
| parts, which could cost as much as buying a | | | | You know the cartridges that I replace every so |
| ready-built unit. You would still need a standard | | | | often? Well, they remove things that we cannot |
| aquarium power head and a submersible water | | | | see. We saw the dirt in that water, but not the |
| pump. | | | | chemicals and other things that can hurt us. |
| You would also have to find a place that sells | | | | There could be bug spray, weed killer and tiny |
| activated carbon in a bag. That might be kind of | | | | little germs that could make you sick. Homemade |
| hard to find. Personally, I think the fish would be | | | | water filtration systems can't get rid of those |
| safer if you just bought a professional system. | | | | things, so |
| Some people have constructed homemade water | | | | I bought this nice one and now I know that you |
| filtration systems for their outdoor ponds. You | | | | guys are safe. |
| would need a plastic trash can with a lid, similar in | | | | For the adults, the number of steps in a system |
| height to the depth of your pond. You would again | | | | depends on which product that you buy. Most |
| need to purchase some type of filtering material | | | | systems include an activated carbon step that |
| depending on the quality of your source water. | | | | removes most of the chlorine, which is put in at |
| Once again, a waterproof pump would be required | | | | the treatment facilities to disinfect and prevent |
| and piping. If not installed correctly, you risk | | | | algae growth in the pipes. |
| electrocution. Ponds require aerating, as well as | | | | In the better systems, there are multi-media |
| filtering in order to prevent stagnations. So, | | | | blocks that remove VOCs, pesticides, herbicides |
| professional products may be a better choice | | | | and industrial pollutants through a process called |
| than homemade water filtration systems for your | | | | adsorption. The best systems will also include a |
| pond. | | | | micron particle filter that removes microscopic |
| Homemade water filtration systems are definitely | | | | sediments, cryptosporidium and giardia cysts. |
| not the right choice for safe drinking water. The | | | | They also include and ion exchange phase that |
| technology is simply too complex. | | | | removes lead ions and replaces them with |
| There is a simple little science project that you | | | | potassium, so your water is safe and has a |
| can do with your kids, maybe on a rainy summer | | | | pleasant healthy taste. |
| day, but I would not let them drink the result. | | | | That completes today's lesson on homemade |
| There are diagrams for these projects all over | | | | water filtration systems. Hope you learned |
| the internet, so I'll leave out the details. But, it | | | | something. |