I think that one should be able to make a simple water filteration system using bottles/buckets, sand, gravel charcoal, etc. to make reasonably clean tap water safer and tastier.Although I found some, I could not find the information that I thought would be readily available on the internet. Any suggestions?How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?http://www.curiositycafe.com/Newsletter/
Here is a simple plan, but I too would recommend purchasing a system myself.
http://www.olemiss.edu/projects/eisenhow
Here is a much more complex DIY method.
Personally if I had the money I would buy a Big Berkey system, by far the best!
http://www.countrylivinggrainmills.com/f
However, if that soesn't fit into your current budger I would personal recommend get a product made by PUR. I've had both PUR and Brita in the past and PUR is by far the superior product.
With a Brita filter, there is a small %26quot;guide%26quot; that tells you when you should change the filter, but it tracks it by time in use and not by how much you've used it.
Where as PUR filter literally tell you when it's time to change the filter. There is a small %26quot;button%26quot; that moves a bit after each use. So if I fill it three times a day or once a day, it will move a bit each time there is water run through it and when it's at the end, I know it's time to change the filter.
Where as the Brita filter just tells me after 8 weeks that it's time to switch the filter not taking into consideration how much the filter was used. Likewise, the water just pours right through the Britai filter, where as the PUR filter actually takes a solid 10 minutes to filter the water giving me a sense that it's actually being filtered, instead of just quickly run through a Brita fileter.
godd luck!How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?I would just buy one.. they should be only a thousand dollars and you'll get fresh tasting water!How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?The simplest way is getting a cold dispenser added to your fridge or faucet. I personally dont like room temp or faucet tempurature water myself and chilled tapwater tastes the same as bottled water to me. As for cleanliness, your city should have regulations for that. But. good luck on a filtration system if that's what youre really looking for. ;)How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?Buy a Britta Filter system! It's the cheapest way...very hard to do what you're saying.How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?yes most def. you should buy a brita water filter...it is way cheaper and the water taste pretty good...How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?you want activated charcoal but make sure you get food grade and not the aquarium stuff. It is pretty hard to come buy, try fleabay but buyer beware.
Once you get it fill up a two foot length food grade plastic tube (two inch minimum diameter) and hook that up to a spigot off a white 5 gal. bucket. (the white buckets are generally food grade, you can get this stuff at a brew supply store, they may have carbon for you as well)
good luck!How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?same as aboveHow can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?I doubt whether you can make tap water actually safer but it tastes better if you fill a clear glass bottle and put it in the fridge, without a cap. I think the chlorine escapes a bit.
The best water has malt and hops added, my home-brewed beer.How can one make a safe inexpensive water filter to make tap water safer and better tasting?I have a pur water filter attached to my faucet. It was relatively inexpensive and you can use either filtered water or non filtered. I enjoy the taste and it was so easy.
