Tap water purification methods for drinking/cooking, etc.

How's your budget, how much space do you have under your kitchen sink, and how handy are you when it comes to plumbing?

I have a 2.5" ANSI 53 rated single-stage setup for my kitchen, plumbed to a dedicated filtered water tap that gets me a little over 1 GPM so I can use it to fill my cooking pots relatively quickly. It also sends water to my fridge for the ice maker

I did a setup for my fiancee's mother that is an ANSI 42 rated 3.5" single stage "whole house" filter under her kitchen sinks (hers is very much a non-typical kitchen setup but it's exactly what she wanted). Both kitchen faucets are commercial-grade and the cold water lines come off the filter (the water heaters have their own filter setups so the hot side water is already filtered) so she can fill each sink to do dishes or for cooking with filtered water and it can run at full volume for both faucets simultaneously. She still uses a filter pitcher in her fridge for drinking so no need to go high than ANSI 42 (taste and sediment) for the sinks. An ANSI 53 has higher filtration level for cysts, some VOC's, etc.

Go outside and get it out of the hose.

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I have owned 3 water filters in my life and every one of them ended up leaking and fricking up a bunch of shite in my house. It might take a long time, but anything made of plastic that contains pressure will end up leaking. It is just a matter of time.

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Probably a water hammer issue or no expansion tank if you have a storage water heater. Those little pressure arrestor kits for the washer are worth getting.

Been using a Doulton ceramic filtered countertop unit for over 25 years. Highly recommend.

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My whole life I’ve drank water straight from the tap and I’ve never gotten sick

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City water is the safest water to drink. It is tested every hour or two at the waterworks. It is also tested in the field. It’s safer than bottled water.

Those filters stay wet correct? Might they not appear the same if two of your filter setups were in series? Staying wet leads to growth, no?

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Those filters stay wet correct? Might they not appear the same if two of your filter setups were in series? Staying wet leads to growth, no?

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Any water filter is going to stay wet but these look that way due to the rust and sediment in city-supplied water. The filter housings are clear so I can see the chunks of rust and crude that settle below the filter too.

Call and complain until they provide good water. I’m sure that won’t work so go with an activated carbon filter, put on a UF or RO filter after, just don’t do too much where it’s corrosive.

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all of mine leaked on the body of the filter housing. Two of them were PVC 

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Good to know, I wasn't aware of that. Im going to try to find a plastic or metal tray to place the 3 bottom filters in to catch the water if that happens. Thanks!