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I have many questions about how the filter works. What toxins does it filter out? How does the ceramic help do that? How long does it take? I’ve been using a “ Brita Water Filter” system for a few years now, and would love to see how it compares to this more natural one. I would love to know how much funding this company has, and what ways we can help further succeed. Clean water should be a human right. “Thousands have lived without love, no one without water”.

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Watching these people hand make these Wafilters, which are so important to the human  health, is truly humbling. I think as Americans we get so caught up in our daily ongoings, that we forget to be thankful for those who make our way of lives possible. We get to just go to the store and pick up these filters, while they have to hand make them from the Earth. Clean water is not as accesible to everyone as it is here, and I’m so impressed that they have developed a strategy that will help expand it to more communities. In high school, we had a “water festival” where we raised money to build wells in different parts of the world. It was always fun to attend because there were activities such as petting zoos, face painting and more, all while helping a great cause.

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I am amazed that people who have little resources, when compared to our resources in America, can do so much with what they have. I would have never of thought to use clay and sawdust as a filter for water. To be able to take these elements and create an item that filters dirty, undrinkable water into potable water is astonishing. It makes me take a second look at everyday objects and think if they can be used in a different, unconventional way in order to benefit others.

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Going off of my WOW post, what do you guys think would be the best way to provide communities with cleaner water. I think it would be important to recognize that places in the US do not have clean water. What can we do to help these communities.

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It is so interesting to see what people are able to create using the resources available around them. It is disheartening to know that not everyone has access to clean water yet. I wish that there was more we could do to help communities access water.

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One Original Post and Two Responses

Read.

Write notes.

Use your WHAT?? and WOW!!  to write an original creative, critical post in the discussion board.

NOT A SUMMARY.

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Cite the book/film (page # or time)

Comment on TWO Classmates

Add thoughtful ideas, questions, extensions, piggybacks, or polite disagreements.

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This is a really creative and innovative idea. I would have never imagined using ceramic container as a water filter. I would like to conduct this experiment and see how this works.

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At what rate does the water filter? And how? Does the water just seep through the Ecofilter to the bucket that holds it? How long does that take? Does the Ecofilter not get ruined and end up collapsing or softening?

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Science
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics

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Water passes through ceramic container and acts as a filter.
Sawdust turns into charcoal.
Ceramic turns into glass.

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Using what is available to obtain what you need.
Oven is used to bake ceramic container.
Pugmill removes air bubbles.
Hydrolic press pushes clay into mold.

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Clay, sawdust and water mixture needed to create the base.
Testing flow rate.
Sold individually.

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Developed in 1981 by Dr Fernando Macariego made a household use ceramic filter with minimal technology.
Local clay is passed through filter. Untreated sawdust is passed through a window screen.