Semester Goals:
1. Determine a range of influent water turbidities the clay pot can remove for <5 NTU
2. Determine if the rate of water flow through the pot decreases with successive experiments or influent turbidities
3. Determine if the treatment of a lower influent turbidity water is compromised because a higher influent turbidity water was treated before
1. Fill the pot with Ithaca Tap water
2. Measure the volume of water that seeps out in the first 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, and hour increments until the pot is empty.
Problems/Questions: The flow rate will decrease over time due to the loss of water (pressure) in the pot. Do we need more/less time intervals to measure?
1. Create a clay solution of 10 NTU
2. Allow the solution to run through the pot.
3. Measure the volume of water that seeps out in the first 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, and hour increments until the pot is empty.
4. Measure the Turbidity of the effluent water at each of these time intervals.
5. Repeate 1-4 for influent turbidities of 25 NTU, 50 NTU, 75 NTU, 100 NTU, 125 NTU
Problems/Questions: How do we keep the clay solution mixed? Do we need more/less time intervals to measure?