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    Looking at the current water purification technology from the ancient Maya water purification system

    • Last Update: 2022-03-25
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    【Hot attention of Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] With the continuous advancement of archaeological projects, more and more historical puzzles have been gradually uncovered by humans, and as one of the contents that are talked about by the public-where did the ancient Mayan civilization develop? This level has always been a direction that researchers have paid attention to and explored.
    In an article recently published in the journal "Science Reports", a research result surprised many netizens-the Maya developed a very mature water purification system 2000 years ago.

     
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    According to the report, researchers found a water purification system composed of crystalline quartz and zeolite in a reservoir in northern Guatemala where the ancient Mayans once lived.
    This system can filter pollutants such as cyanobacteria in the water, thereby reducing water resources.
    The scarce tropical areas purify cleaner drinking water.
    What is even more shocking is that from a technical point of view, the ancient Maya water purification system is very similar to the modern European water purification system.

     

    We are amazed by the ancient civilization.
    What about today's water purification technology? Naturally, there is a big breakthrough.
    Nowadays, our domestic water is generally self-explanatory, while tap water is the product of natural water purified by the water plant.
    The purification process is actually not complicated.

     

    First, after the source water enters the water plant, it will be hit into the reaction tank, and then alum and activated carbon are added to allow the impurities and some harmful substances in it to be adsorbed and precipitated.
    It should be mentioned that the PH value of the water is controlled during this process, which is generally maintained between 7 and 8.
    After that, the precipitated water flows into the filter tank, filtered with fine sand of different thicknesses and activated carbon, and then the filtered clear water is exported, and chlorine or ozone is introduced for disinfection, and then flows into the clear pool to become the familiar tap water.

     

      Let me ask you another question.
    Do you know why Chinese people are used to hot water? The reason is actually very simple-hot water is healthier.
    In the era when the habit of drinking hot water was popular, residents usually only obtained domestic water after preliminary treatment.
    Although basic sediment, algae and other magazines have been removed, a large number of bacteria, microorganisms and tiny particles still exist in it.
    If you drink this water directly, it will naturally cause harm to the body.
    The process of heating to boiling is actually a process of disinfecting and adsorbing tiny impurities in the water.

     

      Nowadays, with the popularization of household water purifiers, many people no longer have the habit of boiled water to drink, because the water purifier can effectively clean the remaining impurities, bacteria and harmful substances in the tap water and provide direct drinking water.
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    And this is also a manifestation of the progress of water purification technology.

     

      At present, common household water filters mainly have two technologies: ultrafiltration and RO reverse osmosis.
    And if you consider the complete steps, household water purifiers usually filter out large particles such as sediment, floating matter, rust, etc.
    through PP cotton first, and then use the adsorption capacity of activated carbon, drilled charcoal, etc.
    to remove most of the agricultural Residues, organic matter, residual chlorine, peculiar smell, bacteria and other tiny impurities are then used through membrane separation technology to more thoroughly remove harmful substances in tap water to achieve the purpose of direct drinking.

     

      No matter from which point of view, the advancement of water purification technology has made our lives more comfortable and better.

     

      Original title: Looking at the current water purification technology from the ancient Maya water purification system
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