In-Line Charcoal Water Filter for Under Sink

wintersun wrote:
Bottle water is the least safe to drink as it picks up the carcinogenic chemicals from the plastic and it is not inspected by any health department anywhere (which is why there have been large scale recalls from time to time).

I would also feel like a complete idiot buying water and paying more than I do per gallon than I am paying for diesel fuel for the truck's engine. Tap water is a lot safer to drink and the cost is next to nothing and most places it tastes a great deal better than anything I have drunk from a plastic bottle.

We use a Brita filter on the faucet for water we will be using in coffee or to drink. Filtering water that will be used to wash hands or dishes or for the shower or toilet makes absolutely no sense at all. With the filter used only for water that we will be drinking it lasts for a full camping season.

Filters pick up bacteria and it grows inside the filter. Not a good idea to rely on filtration alone to keep bacteria out of your drinking water as it does not work. There needs to be some agent that kills the bacteria if it is present. Don't rely on the gallons that can be filtered to decide when to change out the filter. It is likely to be unsafe long before that.

I add the equivalent of a teaspoon of liquid household bleach (which is already diluted to a 5% solution) for each 10 gallons of water we add to the holding tank to prevent the buildup of bacteria in the hot water tank and getting the sulpher smell. That is all it takes to prevent bacteria from growing in the fresh water tank regardless of how long it sits.