Homemade Water Filter

Water filters are a must these days as the drinking water that comes through the taps is not guaranteed to be safe for drinking. Industrial contamination, pollution and inappropriate storage are the main reasons for making water filters so common in homes. They are designed in a way to remove all the unwanted particles from the water, thus making it safe to drink.

There are several types of water filters that work by different methods. Some work by means of certain chemical or biological processes, while others use physical barriers to eliminate impurities. However, clean and better tasting water does come with a heavy price! The commercial water filters are over priced and hence, cannot be afforded by many. The other alternative to this is bottled water, but that too, is quite expensive. For all those who feel that the cost of commercial water purifiers is heavy on the pockets, can go for homemade water filters for safe and better tasting water.

Homemade Water Purifier

Homemade water purifiers have several advantages over the commercial water filters. They are simple to make and easy to maintain. Your water filter can be made by using simple household items, however, you could also use prefabricated parts sold by the distributors. There are different types of water filters you can choose from. The best part is that they work just as the commercial ones and guarantee safe and tasty water.

How to Make Homemade Water Filters

The most important part in water filters is the selection of housing configuration. You can choose from single, double or triple filtration systems. Once you are done with the filtration system, the next thing to be considered, is the type of filters. Choose from the different options of water filters such as, granulated activated charcoal, silver sterasyl ceramic and carbon block. Each one has its own pros and cons, however, granulated activated charcoal is the most common and least expensive of all. Once you get the desired filtration system and the housing configuration, just slip the filter cylinder in the housing configuration carefully. Secure the housing on the countertop or whichever place you have selected for the assembly. Hook the water lines of the filter system to the plumbing.

Another type of homemade water purifier is the portable one, using common household items. The materials required to make this type of drinking water filter are readily available and inexpensive. This is how to go about it!

Things Required:
You will need a 2 liter plastic water bottle, along with the lid. This will serve as the housing for the filtration system. You can use a plastic straw as the spout. Now comes the filtration system. Cotton batting, fine and large gravel, fine and large grain sand, coffee filter and activated charcoal granules can be used as the filtration system.

Directions:
Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle. Invert the remaining part of the bottle and place the cotton batting in it. This will form the lining of the filtration system. Then comes a layer of activated charcoal, followed by a layer of fine grain sand, large grain sand, fine and large gravel each. Repeat the layers in the same order till you reach the top of the bottle. Now, top the filtration system with coffee filter. Fix a straw in the lid of the bottle through a hole, in such a way that it sits halfway through the opening. This part of the housing will sit on a jar or mug, that will collect the filtered water. Place it in such a way that the straw end of the housing is inside the jar. Pour water through the coffee filter. It will work through the various layers of the filtration system, leaving all the impurities behind. The impurities sediment in the layers and pure water flows through the straw spout into the jar.

The coffee filter and the charcoal granules need to be replaced periodically! You can create different homemade water filter designs using your imagination and creativity! Hope you found this information helpful!