Chapter 1 Preparation: Water Quality
Review the following photos and decide which glass of water you would like to drink. Put them in the order that you would prefer to drink them. After you are finished with this preparation activity, report your results on the introductory discussion board.
Look closely and decide which of these glasses of water you would like to drink. Write down your answers somewhere before moving on.
Now that you have recorded your results, scroll through the individual glasses, and find out if you drank safe water or if your water was contaminated, and with what.
Water with Acid. Congratulations you just burned everyone’s throat and killed half your community!
Water contaminated with milk. Although this looks cloudy, it is clean water, and you might get a little calcium in your diet!
Toilet water. This water comes contaminated with bacteria from feces, now your entire community is sick with diarrhea!
Lemon water. Although this water is a little yellow, the water is safe and perhaps the vitamin-C from the lemons can prevent scurvy in your community!
Water contaminated with Methyl Alcohol. This is not the alcohol that makes you drunk; it is the type that makes you go blind!
Water from a local stream. Yes, it has lots of dirt and sediment, but that’s what filters are for!
Keep track of your results, you'll use them in this week's discussion board.
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