How Do You Make A Water Filter Using Sand & Rocks?
People need water to survive and yet 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water, according to africanwater.org. Finding ways to clean water is important as dirty water can cause health problems. Filtration is a cleaning method that is used by water companies worldwide and is also a natural process that occurs when water seeps through materials, such as sand and rocks, in the ground. While you can use sand and rocks to create your own water filter, you’ll need some other materials to help. Use the knife to cut 10 cm off the bottom of one water bottle. Remove the bottle cap. Attach the coffee filter to the outside of the bottle neck using the elastic band. Cut 10 cm off the top of the second water bottle. Turn the first bottle (the one with the coffee filter on it) upside down and insert it, neck first, into the second bottle. The top bottle is the filter and lower bottle is the water collector. Pour the gravel into the bottle opening. The coffee filter sho
