Water filter for drinking water only?
We often "dry camp" at a camp ground that has electricity but no water at the sites. We fill the water at the campground and the water is not the best. We use a ton of water bottles for anything we ...
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Most of the filters that have been discussed/recommended are in-line water FILTERS. These units are installed or attached to your exiting water lines and filter water at about 3-5 gallons per minute. The various filters remove different sized PARTICLES and some BACTERIA from the water. This filtered water is good for washing your hands, pots and pans, showers, muddy boots, and flushing the toilet. Most of these filters are not certified to clean water to EPA drinking standards.
The OP wanted suggestions for “drinking water only” as a replacement for bottled water. Most bottled water is PURIFIED water from a protected water source(check the label). They purify the water via distillation or a reverse osmosis process. Since it’s not practical to have a distillery setup in your TT (would be fun, though), microfiltration is the best option, but it is slow – 1-2 gallons per HOUR.
My DW and I have been using a Black Berkey Purification system for our drinking water for over 5 yrs. using the same washable filters. The Berkey system exceeds EPA (and military) standards for water purification and is used worldwide by UNICEF, Peace Corps, and Red Cross organizations in third world countries. And if disaster strikes, we could reuse the water in our grey tanks for drinking – it that good.
Yes the system is on the expensive side but it does PURIFY the water for drinking instead of just filtering out some sediment so it looks and smells clean. In the long run, however, it is cheaper than buying bottled water!
You can Google “berkey water” for a lot more info. Here are a few very helpful links:
http://berkeywaterkb.com/black-berkey-purification-elements-test-results/
http://www.berkeywater.com/outdoors-disaster-planning/
http://www.berkeywater.com/
The OP wanted suggestions for “drinking water only” as a replacement for bottled water. Most bottled water is PURIFIED water from a protected water source(check the label). They purify the water via distillation or a reverse osmosis process. Since it’s not practical to have a distillery setup in your TT (would be fun, though), microfiltration is the best option, but it is slow – 1-2 gallons per HOUR.
My DW and I have been using a Black Berkey Purification system for our drinking water for over 5 yrs. using the same washable filters. The Berkey system exceeds EPA (and military) standards for water purification and is used worldwide by UNICEF, Peace Corps, and Red Cross organizations in third world countries. And if disaster strikes, we could reuse the water in our grey tanks for drinking – it that good.
Yes the system is on the expensive side but it does PURIFY the water for drinking instead of just filtering out some sediment so it looks and smells clean. In the long run, however, it is cheaper than buying bottled water!
You can Google “berkey water” for a lot more info. Here are a few very helpful links:
http://berkeywaterkb.com/black-berkey-purification-elements-test-results/
http://www.berkeywater.com/outdoors-disaster-planning/
http://www.berkeywater.com/
