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    Corn Cob Filtration

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    Gwynneth A. Olifernes
    Corn cobs are an affordable agricultural waste that can effectively filter pollutants from residential greywater due to their porous structure. The document describes a filtration device using various treatments of corn cobs and layers to remove different types of contaminants from domestic and industrial wastewater. Specifically, the multi-layer filtration system uses sun-dried, cut, charcoal-burned, powdered corn cobs and sand to filter out particles, dyes, oils, salts, and other pollutants. This allows the treated water to be safely reused for drinking, cooking, washing or watering plants. The purpose is to introduce a more sustainable water filtration system to communities with insufficient access to clean water.

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    Corn cobs are an affordable agricultural waste that can effectively filter pollutants from residential greywater due to their porous structure. The document describes a filtration device using various treatments of corn cobs and layers to remove different types of contaminants from domestic and industrial wastewater. Specifically, the multi-layer filtration system uses sun-dried, cut, charcoal-burned, powdered corn cobs and sand to filter out particles, dyes, oils, salts, and other pollutants. This allows the treated water to be safely reused for drinking, cooking, washing or watering plants. The purpose is to introduce a more sustainable water filtration system to communities with insufficient access to clean water.

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    Corn cobs are an affordable agricultural waste that can effectively filter pollutants from residential greywater due to their porous structure. The document describes a filtration device using various treatments of corn cobs and layers to remove different types of contaminants from domestic and industrial wastewater. Specifically, the multi-layer filtration system uses sun-dried, cut, charcoal-burned, powdered corn cobs and sand to filter out particles, dyes, oils, salts, and other pollutants. This allows the treated water to be safely reused for drinking, cooking, washing or watering plants. The purpose is to introduce a more sustainable water filtration system to communities with insufficient access to clean water.

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    Corn Cob Filtration

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    Gwynneth A. Olifernes
    Corn cobs are an affordable agricultural waste that can effectively filter pollutants from residential greywater due to their porous structure. The document describes a filtration device using various treatments of corn cobs and layers to remove different types of contaminants from domestic and industrial wastewater. Specifically, the multi-layer filtration system uses sun-dried, cut, charcoal-burned, powdered corn cobs and sand to filter out particles, dyes, oils, salts, and other pollutants. This allows the treated water to be safely reused for drinking, cooking, washing or watering plants. The purpose is to introduce a more sustainable water filtration system to communities with insufficient access to clean water.

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    CORN COB FILTRATION

    The feasibility of using corn cobs to filter fluid pollutants from residential areas' grey waters.

    Background:

    Corn cob is one of the most affordable agricultural waste products in our region, but it is frequently
    overlooked and only labeled as an alternative to briquettes. However, due to their porosity, corn cobs
    have been discovered to have the ability to filter domestic grey water (since it has a porous structure).
    Furthermore, corn cobs have a high free-surface volume and sorption characteristics for a wide range of
    solutes, making them more efficient for filtration.

    Corn cobs are sun-dried for a month to achieve the ideal texture by reducing product moisture before
    being used as a filtration device. Full cobs, Cobs cut into pieces, Charcoal burned cobs, Cobs crushed into
    powder, and an additional layer of fine sand will be added to complete the device's filter levels
    appropriate for treating waste water. Each layer can absorb different types of water waste and toxins:
    the charcoaled layer will be able to absorb dyes in the water after the long and short cob layers have
    filtered out the suspended particles. Oil-spilled products, such as gasoline waste, must be filtered
    through the powdered layer of corn cobs. Furthermore, the other layers of this filtration device aid in
    the reduction and removal of pollutants from (1) domestic water wastes - calcium salts, detergents, oils,
    grease, dyes, and suspended solids - and (2) industrial water wastes - copper, lead, strontium,
    chromium, gasoline wastes, and total suspended solids.

    The filtered water from domestic water wastes can be boiled and later used as drinking or cooking
    water, whereas the processed water from industrial waste waters can be safely reused for washing,
    watering plants, and so on. This project can be used on small and large scales to effectively eliminate
    some, if not all, waste products from industrial and domestic grey waters.

    Justification:

    Corn cobs are used as a filtration material in this study to reduce water contamination and pollution.
    This model aims to reduce the amount of chemical pollutants in waste water from industrial and
    residential areas, allowing the water to be treated and used safely. Thus, the purpose of this study is to
    raise awareness about the importance of having a clean water system in a community in order to
    prevent diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio, as well as to
    introduce a safer method of disposing and/or reusing grey water.

    This filtration model was created to target communities with insufficient water supply and management
    that aids in the great need of water, particularly in the home setting. We will use this product to help
    our community practice a more sustainable water management in order to avoid a potential water
    crisis.

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