Bintaro Lama Field Trip

On the 12Th of November all of the 6Th graders went on a field trip. Some of them went to the water treatment plant, and some went to the Kampung, we went to the Kampung. What really touched me was that, we don't have to worry about water. It just comes to our homes, but for the Kampung people they have to get the water from the dirty river, and clean it themselves! It never occurred to me that how lucky we are to have access to fresh water whenever we want, with no trouble! We split in about 6 groups, and each group saw a station at different times, it really taught how to clean dirty water to clean water. We went to stations 6, 2 and 4.

Station 6 -

Station 6 was adding and shaking chemicals. In this step they add the chemicals, which can be held in a small tablet or a liquid, so that the water is clean.

They shake the water for 30 seconds, non-stop so that the liquid or tablet has spread through out the water. The tablet will begin to dissolve the lounger you have it in the water. Once youfinish shaking it for 30 seconds the water should look see through, and is now SAFE to drink.

Station 2 -

Station 2 is Public Health Promotion.This is where they teach the children how to stop water disease transmission. This step is broken into pieces.

This is how you stop water disease transmission -

1. Wash your hands with clean water. Make sure you rub your hands with soap, then rinse yourhands with clean water. And dry it with a towel.

2. Make a toilet, people need proper toilets with septic tanks.

3. Cover your food, if you don’t cover your food flies will come land on it, and who knows where they’ve been.
4. Use aqua taps and Rah mat air.

What is Aqua taps? Aqua taps is a tablet. You can use 1 tablet for 20 liters of water in normal condition, and in extreme condition you can use 1 tablet for 10 liters of water.

Station 4 -

In station 4 you do Flocculation, Sedimentation and Filtration. Flocculation is when you mix the flock with a chemical and then mix it. Sedimentation is when the flock sinks to the bottom, and filtration is when the water filtrates through the clay pot

The ride back to Cilandak was hilarious!!! I bet Val and Maya that I could finish a whole Isotonic bottle with out putting my mouth of the bottle, and of course I succeeded!!! Then Maya tried and Val played the "Peanut Butter Jelly Song"and Maya bursted into laughter! All of the water that she spat out landed on my knee... Eeeewww!!!

I've learned that not everyone around the world has access to water, and I've learned how to turn dirty water into to clean water.