What I Learned:
Yesterday at the water treatment plant I learned some different things they did for our city that I never actually knew they did, and how they ran things. To create good water pressure in the city we have two water towers, and together the towers total up to a million gallons of water. The water that we use has chemicals that they add at the plant, but not bad chemicals, they use flouride for our teeth and bones because its good for it, as well as chlorine and phosphorus. Our whole town is based around water, even underground, there is a stream of pipe work under the city which carries 32 miles of water through out the city, which is used for all purposes. Now what would happen if there was a black out and no power to run the plant, how would water be carried through the cities? The answer to that is the back up generator they store inside the plant, it's used for emergency purposes in case power outages and if we have no power that we can still have the use of water.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
1. Explain how water is filtered and cleaned in a city for drinking.
Reverse osmosis (RO) is a filtration method that removes many types of large molecules and ions from solutions by applying pressure to the solution when it is on one side of a selective membrane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis
2. Explain how sewer water is treated and returned to the river or lake.
Water is filterd by removing waste from water and turning it into solid form. Process includes procesess of physical, chemical, and biological. Waste is in solid form
matt
3. 2 good questions to ask tomorrow.
1) What process does the water have to go through to be filtered?
2) How long does it take to filter a gallon of water?
Reverse osmosis (RO) is a filtration method that removes many types of large molecules and ions from solutions by applying pressure to the solution when it is on one side of a selective membrane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis
2. Explain how sewer water is treated and returned to the river or lake.
Water is filterd by removing waste from water and turning it into solid form. Process includes procesess of physical, chemical, and biological. Waste is in solid form
matt
3. 2 good questions to ask tomorrow.
1) What process does the water have to go through to be filtered?
2) How long does it take to filter a gallon of water?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Carbon Footprint
1. http://polutinator.blogspot.com/
2. This site could be a very useful site for people like me. But it could come out as more complex or confusing for younger kids.
3. estimated greenhouse gas emissions are 26 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent per year, which is below the U.S. national average.
4. a) I could take shorter showers and unplug appliances that I'm not using at certain times.
b) My school could recycle out old newspapers and bottles that kids and teachers throw away.
c) Sell more organic food in stores and use less polluted companies in the area.
5. Reduce pollutants will help the water shed, by preventing more acid rain and other polluted water sources.
2. This site could be a very useful site for people like me. But it could come out as more complex or confusing for younger kids.
3. estimated greenhouse gas emissions are 26 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent per year, which is below the U.S. national average.
4. a) I could take shorter showers and unplug appliances that I'm not using at certain times.
b) My school could recycle out old newspapers and bottles that kids and teachers throw away.
c) Sell more organic food in stores and use less polluted companies in the area.
5. Reduce pollutants will help the water shed, by preventing more acid rain and other polluted water sources.
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