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How to Make a Synthetic Sewage Sample

The affects of sewage waste on the environment can be devastating to wildlife and the human population. Teachers convey to students the need to preserve the environment and how raw sewage is treated to prevent sickness and disease. An experiment gives students the chance to create their own representation of synthetic sewage, using everyday materials to represent substances that raw sewage usually have.

Things You'll Need

  • Dry dog food
  • Tea bags
  • Bucket
  • Food coloring
  • Paper
  • Sticks
  • Vegetable oil
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Instructions

    • 1

      Fill a bucket with water. The water represents the streams and rivers that service wildlife, organisms that live in water and the human population.

    • 2

      Pour three to four bags of tea in the bucket of water. The tea represents urine that is produced from toilets.

    • 3

      Pour 1/2 cup dry dog food in the bucket. The dry dog food represents fecal matter produced by animals and the human population.

    • 4

      Throw other types of material in the bucket to represent other items that make up sewage. Students should put paper, sticks, vegetable oil and food coloring in the water. Mix the substances and use it to demonstrate how a sewage plant would treat the sewage.

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