Final Copy of Design Processes 2 Copy 1 1
Final Copy of Design Processes 2 Copy 1 1
PROCESSES
Imagine: What were the ideas?
Ask: What is the issue, and what design can After some research and reflecting, the goal was to
solve it? design a water filtration system which could potentially
The issue in this case is the lack of clean purify and filter the dangerous things out of water to
water in third world countries. Through make it clean (WeTheCurious, 2015).
discussions as a team and further studies,
ideas were thrown around based on how a Create: What did the design look like when it began to
design can be created to fix the need of clean be assembled?
water. Assembling the design started with cutting the plastic
bottle and experimenting with each layer to see how
Plan: What was the plan for the design? much of each component (product) was needed for the
The initial plan was to use a plastic bottle, filter to function. First, a coffee filter, charcoal, clean sand
clean sand, fine gravel, charcoal and a and fine gravel were used. As the filter with these
coffee filter. The desired design was drawn components was tested, it was found that the water was
to show the planning of the water filter not as clear and pure as predicted (Figure 2). According to
(Figure 1). Michaud (2020), sand can be substituted for sponges and
gravel for rice, but after testing this, the water was still
not properly filtrated (Figure 3).
Figure 3
Figure 1 Figure 2
After the changes and improvements were made the outcome was up to the aimed standard.
Multiple theories were testes and corrections were made after errors occurred which led to
creating a design which purified water. For example, vinegar was addd to the dirty water solution
to test whether the filter would filter our the smell, but the results came back negative, and to
further remove the smell, the solution would need to be boiled as vinegar and water have Figure 4:
different boiling points (Buddies, 2016). This was the final design
of the water filtration
Although the water filtration system removed physical dirt and impurities from the water, the final system
design still suggests to boil the water after running it through the water filter as once it is boiled, it
removes the final impurities and makes it completely okay to drink (WeTheCurious, 2015). Other
ways which could further purify the water is by using chlorine or iodine tablets or even Uv filtration
(Schroth , Lanfair & Ambulkar, 2018).
References:
We The Curious. (2015). How To Make a Water Filter. Retrieved 7 November from https://youtu.be/-c1xM2hhfNI
Michaud, K. (2020). Homemade Water Filter Science Project. Retrieved 7 November from
https://science.lovetoknow.com/science-fair-projects/homemade-water-filter-science-project
Anderburg, J. (2016). How to Filter and Purify Water for Travelling, Camping, and Survival. Retrieved 8 November
from https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/filter-purify-water-traveling-camping-survival/
Schroth, S.T., Lanfair, J.K. & Ambulkar, A. (2018). Water Purification. Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/topic/water-purification