Foul Wter Science Report

Foul Water Report
Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to purify as much foul water as possible by doing three procedures which are, oil water separation, sand filtration, and charcoal absorbtion/filtration.

Procedure:
1. Obtain approximately 100mL of foul water, provided by your teacher. Measure its volume precisely with a graduated cylinder: record the value (with units) in your data table.
2. Examine the properties of your sample color, odor, clarity, presence of solids of oily regions. Record your observations in the “before treatment” section of your data table.
Oil water separation:
1. Place a funnel in a clay triangle supported by a ring clamp and ring stand. Attach a rubber hose to the funnel tip as shown in figure 2.
2. Close the rubber tube by snipping it with your fingers (or by using a pinch clamp). Shake or stir the foul-water sample. Then pour about half the sample into the funnel and let it stand for a few seconds until ...