My homeroom classmates rode on the bus to make our way to Bintaro Lama, which took us about 35 minutes or so. I was pretty excited, because I was eager how people there cleaned their water and I also wanted to see the enviroment if it was clean or not. In this blog post, I will write about 3 stations where me and my partners (Si won and Brandon) got to look at.
The first station, which was station #6, we learnt 2 ways to disinfect water and make the water potable. The guide showed us a tablet called Aqua tabs. 1 or 2 tablets can clean 30L of water at once. Now thats what I call awesome. What they do is that they will add the Aqua tab and let it dissolve. This process doesn't take very long, so it is a proficient and fast way to get access to clean water. Another method, is adding a liquid called Air Rahmat. By 5 ml of this liquid is about enough to purify 1 gallon of water. However, after pouring Air Rahmat, you will have to shake it at least 30 seconds.
The second station was station #2. In this station, we learnt the whole infrastructure of how food gets contaminated. They told us that after pooing (^_^) , they clean it with tissue and some don't wash their hands after it. Then the bacteria in the fecus gets on their hands and when they make food or touch the food, the food will get contaminated and it can give you a really bad stomachache. After learning about that, the guide told us about 5 ways to prevent that. One of that was building a proper toilet, which made pretty good sense to me.
The last station was station #4. This station was very interesting, because they had the same idea of cleaning water in the water treatment plant I went to, but a miniature version of it. First, they put a liquid called PUR, which helps the dirt particles to stick together and form a flock. Then the sedimentation begins. The flocks fall down to the bottom of the water, settling down there. Another way was filtration. They used a big bucket with a clay pot in it, and they lay pieces of cloth on the pot. What happens is that when dirty water goes through, the garbage and all the big trashes are left behind the cloth. Very interesting, because they had the same idea in the water treatment plant.
I think it was pretty cool to visit a kampung like this. Well, there were a lot of trash and bugs, but there were really friendly and kind people which put me under no pressure of asking any questions. Oh and at the end, they taught us a caroll that tells about washing your hands. It followed the rythm of 'If you're happy and you know it clap your hands', so I though it was another cool activity they prepared for us.
The first station, which was station #6, we learnt 2 ways to disinfect water and make the water potable. The guide showed us a tablet called Aqua tabs. 1 or 2 tablets can clean 30L of water at once. Now thats what I call awesome. What they do is that they will add the Aqua tab and let it dissolve. This process doesn't take very long, so it is a proficient and fast way to get access to clean water. Another method, is adding a liquid called Air Rahmat. By 5 ml of this liquid is about enough to purify 1 gallon of water. However, after pouring Air Rahmat, you will have to shake it at least 30 seconds.
The second station was station #2. In this station, we learnt the whole infrastructure of how food gets contaminated. They told us that after pooing (^_^) , they clean it with tissue and some don't wash their hands after it. Then the bacteria in the fecus gets on their hands and when they make food or touch the food, the food will get contaminated and it can give you a really bad stomachache. After learning about that, the guide told us about 5 ways to prevent that. One of that was building a proper toilet, which made pretty good sense to me.
The last station was station #4. This station was very interesting, because they had the same idea of cleaning water in the water treatment plant I went to, but a miniature version of it. First, they put a liquid called PUR, which helps the dirt particles to stick together and form a flock. Then the sedimentation begins. The flocks fall down to the bottom of the water, settling down there. Another way was filtration. They used a big bucket with a clay pot in it, and they lay pieces of cloth on the pot. What happens is that when dirty water goes through, the garbage and all the big trashes are left behind the cloth. Very interesting, because they had the same idea in the water treatment plant.
I think it was pretty cool to visit a kampung like this. Well, there were a lot of trash and bugs, but there were really friendly and kind people which put me under no pressure of asking any questions. Oh and at the end, they taught us a caroll that tells about washing your hands. It followed the rythm of 'If you're happy and you know it clap your hands', so I though it was another cool activity they prepared for us.
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