Grey Water Vs Conventional Detergents

These development stages usually take from 4 to ten days, depending on the weather condition, specifically warmth and moisture. Barber’s pole worm eggs grow a lot faster when is warmer and slower when the temperature is cooler, which is why they are more common in Queensland as Queensland is generally sunny and warm most of the time. This stage is known as the Faeces stage (or dung stage in figure1). During this stage the larvae feed on bacteria in the faeces.

Homeowners that water grass may require large amounts of fertilizer that contribute to high levels of nitrates in the aquifer, a major source of drinking water. Water containing nitrates contribute to algae growth and can endanger plants and wildlife in the springs. Lawns with landscaping with non-native plants may also require daily watering and frequent pesticides to keep them healthy and disease-free. Nearly half of all water withdrawn for our supply is used only to water lawns and landscaping. Population increase in Florida has led to more to transforming rural areas and uninhabited land into housing, shopping centers, and buildings. Pavement and roads prevent rainwater absorption into the aquifer and increase run-off of chemicals and other waste. Agriculture also requires chemicals to kill insects and thus absorbed into the ground into our drinking water. Dairy farms produce a lot of animal waste along with the pesticides and chemicals used to maintain the livestock and irrigation that also enter our supply of drinking water. BMP, or best management practices, include water conservation. Humans have a major impact on water contamination and should use caution so that our water is preserves. Contribution efforts on our part are reducing the water usage for lawn care and fertilizers, indoor water

Glow worms eat snails, small snakes and even other glow worms. They can also eat slugs. The glow worm starts as an egg and takes 3 weeks two mature into a glow worm. After they are matured it takes 9 months to become a pupa. Then the pupa take 2 weeks to mature into an adult flying glow. The glow worms live for about 10 to 11 months until the process

The life cycle of this worm is fairly simple; they first find a intermediate host and then produce offspring inside that creature. These offspring will then exit the host and find another creature to bury inside where they will stay unti the creauture

The female worms lay eggs up to 50 or 100 eggs. It takes 3 to 6 weeks to hatch the eggs depending on the climate. If its warmer the faster the glow worm eggs will hatch. They glow in the darkness to spot natural predators within the environment. Glow worms

The Nightcrawler worm is, like other species of worms, a hermaphrodite. Although the worm contains the sexual organs of both the genders, they still need to mate to reproduce. The two worms lie alongside each other and transfer sperm to the both of them. Each worm will lay capsules to be used as a cocoon for the egg. When the capsules break fully formed tiny worms will emerge. It is said that they prefer to mate during the spring and fall time. It takes a year for the tiny worms to fully grow, and it is also said worms live for 3-8 years, although that isn’t

The recycling of water, or “greywater” is household water that is collected from appliances like sinks, showers and water using appliances such as washing machines. In a raw unpurified state is commonly used for vegetation, places like parks, golf courses and local governments report needing to use decreased amounts of expensive fertilizers. Although any water used on city or government property that is “greywater” must first go through a purification process. The decreased need for fertilizer was found to be a cause of nutrients previously in the water that were not removed during the purification process.

The purpose of this project is to investigate if greywater will harm plants. Will greywater effect the plant growth? Specifically, according to Greywater Reuse (n.d), grey water is gently used water from your bathroom sinks, showers, tubs, and washing machines (p.1). Greywater contains dirt, food, grease, and household cleaning products. Greywater is non potable which means it is unsafe to drink. Grey water contains many harmful chemicals. However, the buildup of salts and boron in the soil can damage plants (n.d) (p. 1). Some salts are good for plants but some plants can’t take a lot of salt. Some plants are better suited than others for irrigation with greywater. Some plants tolerate grey water better than others. Such as Melaleuca, Dietes,

Because of the drought, California’s water treatment departments struggle with high chemical contaminated water. A drought can develop a chemical contamination because it forces families to conserve and reduce their water use, which limits the movement of water. As a result, the chemicals that are implemented to purify faucet and drinking water compounds with other matters: “with fewer people using water, the chlorine and organic matter were allowed to sit and concentrate” (cbs.localnews). Stockton, as an example, decides to purify the delta water with chlorine, but because the “chlorine particles react and form carcinogenic disinfectant byproducts, Stockton got into trouble with the EPA” (wired.com). Therefore, “Stockton found a higher

With the rising popularity of bottled water, which at that time was a billion dollar business, the sales of Clorox’s company Brita water filtration systems began to decrease. Instead of being defeated by this, Clorox saw an opportunity to reposition its Brita brand as a “green” product to replace plastic bottled water, which was causing landfills to become clogged. By using Brita water filtration systems instead of bottled water, consumers would prevent millions of empty bottles each year from being dumped into landfills and Clorox saw this as an opportunity to revive the fast dying Brita brand. By conducting a successful marketing campaign, which promoted the green attributes of its water filtration system, educating customer about bottle waste and its affects on the environment, and encouraging them to switch to the Brita brand, sales of Brita water filtration system began to rise. To get consumers excited about the product and involved in the bottle “saving” process, the company created a website called FilterForGood which allowed consumers to pledge that they would reduce waste by switching to Brita. It also totaled the amount of bottles saved so that consumers could see how they were saving the environment and encourage them keep on using the Brita water filtration system.

With all these potential issues of water reclamation projects, it makes one wonder if a sustainable water source is even a reachable goal. However, a proposed solution with the use of our current water resources for potable water, using reclaimed water for uses other than drinking such as irrigation, and the mass implementation of water conservation policies, from the industrial scale all the way down to a local scale, the goal of sustainable water may be well within reach. The main issue seems to be the reducing the consumption and waste of potable water. In the United States, the average American family of four generates approximately 265 liters of gray water per day, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). By comparison, a similar sized family in Africa generates and average of 19 liters today. If the amount of gray water being produced can be brought down to a much lower level, and if this water is then

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In this lab, we explored the water quality and the effect it has based from different contaminates. Contaminates are unwanted chemicals in the environment or in living organisms, which may be harmful to plants, animals, or humans. Some contaminates that we as humans, may not think contaminate our water supply are oil from us washing our used cooking oil down the drain, vinegar which gives off a foul odor to our drinking water, and laundry detergent when we wash our laundry. The water is then sent down to where our ground water is without the knowledge of the contaminated water being filtered before turning into drinking water. Studies show that drinking water in many U.S. areas are polluted with nitrate. Nitrate is a form of nitrogen that, when not managed with care, can move downward through the soil and contaminate ground water supply, (Seft, D. 1995).

In order to ultimately lessen the amount of toxins and chemicals in our homes that affect our everyday lives, we must first know what chemicals are in our homes and why they are so dangerous. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, only a fraction of the more than 75,000 registered chemicals have gone through complete testing for human health concerns (reduce.org). The Consumer Protection Agency estimates that 150 chemicals found in the home are connected to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological disorders. In our laundry rooms, for instance, we can find some of these solutions. These solutions include laundry detergent, all purpose cleaners, and bleach. Laundry detergent for instance contains cationic, anionic or non-ionic solutions. These solutions, if swallowed, can cause nausea, vomiting, shock, convulsions and coma (Young). For all of those who think to themselves, why would I ingest laundry detergent? I would like you to think about your small children or the small children of someone you know or even possibly your pets. Right next to our laundry detergent, I bet every one has a gallon of bleach. Bleach, which

Laundry detergents are a cleansing agent that is widely used in the industry to clean laundry. The term “detergent” refers to mixtures of chemical compounds including Alkyl Sulphonates, which are similar to soap but less affected by hard water (Farlex, 2014). Like soap, detergent increases the ability of water to penetrate fabric and break down greases and dirt, however they are derived from organic acids rather than fatty acids (Mifflin, 2005). A detergent is an ion or molecule that contains both polar and nonpolar components. The polar component allows the detergent to dissolve in the water, whereas the nonpolar component solubilizes greasy materials that are the usual target of the cleaning process. Their molecules then surround the particles of grease and dirt, allowing them to be carried away thus leaving your clothes clean. This EEI explores the performance of two different laundry powders (Fab and Woolworths select Home brand) in different types of water; ranging from soft to hard. These detergents were compared and analysed in different types of water from varying locations to determine whether water hardness has an effect on the cleaning ability of detergents, and whether products should be specifically formulated depending on the type of water.