How to make a water filter at home?

The issue of drinking water treatment is relevant not only for the city, but also for the countryside. For water from a well or well to become potable, it must be passed through a filter. The topic of this article is how to make a water filter at home.

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Why is well water filtration necessary?

We are accustomed to the fact that well water is considered a model of purity and has almost miraculous useful properties. It is enough to refresh folk tales and epics in memory. Unfortunately, modern reality is far from a fairy tale. Well water can be contaminated with a variety of substances:

• Impurities that make the taste of water worse.
• Pathogens.
• Nitrates.

Important! The fact that well water is “enriched” with nitrates is the direct fault of farmers who widely and sometimes thoughtlessly use pesticides and mineral fertilizers for growing agricultural products. Salts of nitric acid seep into the soil, partially penetrating to the aquifer.

The penetration into the well water of pathogenic bacteria is explained by the fact that when equipping manure and cesspools, street toilets, sanitary and hygienic standards are not always observed. Failure of the equipment used to extract water leads to the presence of mechanical impurities (sand, rust). In order for the water from the well to be drinkable, it must be passed through a filter. Do-it-yourself water purification will solve this problem.

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Filtration materials - what are they?

The principle of operation of the filter is quite simple. Water passes through a layer of filtration material, leaving impurities on it. As a filter material you can use:

• Vatu.
• Textile, gauze.
• Napkins made of paper.
• The grass.
• Sand.
• Coal.
• Lutraksil.

What is the difference between these materials? - It must be understood in order to make a water filter at home that suits your needs and requirements:

1. Paper, gauze, textile filters are quite reliable, but their service life is short. They need to be changed quite often, but as a temporary option they are quite suitable.
2. Charcoal filters, combined with gravel, sand, grass, stacked layers, last longer.
3. Filtration material Lutraksil is a fibrous material based on polypropylene, which is distinguished by its durability and optimal quality.

Important! Charcoal can be made independently, by calcining pieces of wood in a container made of metal. It should be remembered that coniferous wood is not suitable for this. Charcoal is also sold in supermarkets - in the barbecue and picnic departments.

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Plastic bottle filter

The use of familiar household filters in summer cottages is very rarely convenient, since water must be supplied under a certain pressure. Not every country house is equipped with such a water supply. Using a pitcher filter has its drawbacks: the water is cleared too slowly.

In addition, the use of household filters involves frequent replacement of cartridges. For this reason, a homemade filter made of a bottle and a bucket with a plastic lid may be the best option.

Such a do-it-yourself water purification filter is made in the following sequence:

1. Cut the bottom of the plastic bottle.
2. Cut a hole of suitable size into the plastic bucket lid.
3. Insert the bottle down into the hole.
4. Fill the filter with filler.

Important! So that the bottle fits snugly on the edges of the hole made in the lid of the bucket. You can use a rubber gasket or sand the edges of the hole with sandpaper.

Using the same principle, you can create a more convenient filtering device:

1. As a receiving tank, you can use a plastic canister or a 20-liter tank.
2. Make a hole in the bottom of the tank and install a small tap to discharge water.
3. As a filter, a polypropylene pipe with a diameter of 40 mm is used.
4. The pipe above and below is closed with perforated plastic.
5. To keep the plastic better, it is fixed using hot-melt adhesive.
6. The pipe is filled with charcoal.
7. The resulting design will freely enter the neck of a 10 liter bottle.
8. Now it remains only to interconnect the filter, bottle and receiving container.

Important! Such an installation can immediately take a ten-liter bucket of water from the well. Within a few hours, the water is completely filtered out. Using such a simple model, you can constantly have a supply of drinking water in the house.

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Home-made three-flask filter for water supply

How to make a water filter at home that purifies tap water? In this case, you can make a three-bulb filter. The procedure in this case is as follows:

1. Buy 3 identical flasks.
2. Connect the flasks in series using two ¼-inch adapter nipples. Pay attention to the in / out markings so that the direction of movement of the water is observed. Use FUM tape to strengthen the thread of the nipples.
3. Attach the outermost holes of the flasks to the ¼ inch tube using straight adapters.
4. Connect the filtration system to the water supply using a tee that cuts into the water supply using a half-inch connector.
5. At the outlet, connect a drinking water tap to the filter system.
6. Fill flasks with filter material. This can be a polypropylene cartridge, charcoal and filler, which is used from scale.

Important! Filter cartridges are very diverse and can eliminate a wide variety of water pollution.

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Making a filter for water purification in an aquarium

Do-it-yourself water purification is also possible for aquariums. As a basis for the construction, you can use:

• Two 10 ml plastic syringes.
• A tube with a diameter of up to 30 mm.
• A piece of flexible corrugated hose.

Important! In addition to the tubes, you will need a piece of dense sponge and a sprayer equipped with a sprayer.

The filter in the aquarium is fixed with a suction cup:

1. Solder syringes with each other so that they form a single tube, cut off the “nozzles”.
2. Using a regular dining fork, make holes along the entire length of the tube.
3. Place the spray gun with hose inside the tube.
4. Now it remains to wrap the structure in a circle with a sponge and test.

Important! If you did everything right, then such a filter will be quite enough to purify the water in a small aquarium. If zeolite is placed inside the filter housing, the cleaning will be of better quality. In addition, water will be freed from nitrates (nitric acid salts).

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Pool Filters

If you have a swimming pool in your country house or in the courtyard, you are probably familiar with the problem of water treatment. To successfully resolve this issue without unnecessary costs, you can make a filter for water treatment yourself.

Water can be purified from surface contaminants (for example, from leaves) mechanically. It is much more difficult to get rid of water-soluble contaminants. If to neglect cleaning:

1. Microorganisms begin to multiply rapidly.
2. At the same time, the water acquires a greenish tint and an unpleasant odor.
3. Part of the algae sinks to the bottom, forming bottom pollution.
4. Heavy particles of insoluble debris also settle at the bottom.

The use of a special vacuum cleaner helps to get rid of bottom contamination. Impurities that are in the water column can only be removed with a filter.

Important! An expensive filtration unit is advantageous only if the pool is operated throughout the year. If we are talking about a small inflatable pool, which is used for 2-3 months throughout the year, it is not profitable to purchase a cheap industrial filter.

The problem can be solved in different ways: change the water more often, admire the emerald shade of water or try to make a filter yourself.

For the manufacture of a floating filter installation you will need:

• A replaceable cartridge having an inner diameter of 50 mm.
• Polypropylene pipe - 2.0 m, with a diameter of 50 mm. If the size of the pool is small, you can take a pipe of shorter length.
• Corner for the pipe.
• Piece of threaded stud. If you put several cartridges on a long hairpin, the installation performance will increase.

How to proceed in order to make a water filter at home:

1. Make a hole for the studs in the pipe turn and filter plug.
2. Pass the pin through the filter and turn, fasten with a nut.
3. On the other side of the pipe, connect an aquarium pump with a capacity of 20 W and a capacity of 2 thousand l / h. For a small pool, this will be more than enough.
4. To keep the filter on the water, put foam pieces on the ends of the pipe.

Important! The pump sucks in water from a depth of 0.5 m. Water passes through the pipe, from where it enters the cartridge. Then, already peeled, it returns back to the pool.

Practice shows that, despite the simplicity of the design and the seemingly low productivity, such a design significantly improves the quality of the water in the pool. Its advantage is that it does not require any hoses or systems for connecting to the water outlet and water intake. Periodically, as it becomes dirty, the cartridge must be replaced.

A do-it-yourself filter for water purification will cost several times cheaper than an industrial installation. Compressors are sold in pet stores, pipes are sold in plumbing stores, and filter cartridges can be found in any hardware store or supermarket.

Important! In order to make the design look beautiful and original, it can be designed as an island or a boat.

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Production of a water purifier in field conditions

In order to make this simple device, you will need a regular plastic bottle. Here is the action algorithm:

1. Cut the bottom of the bottle.
2. Place a layer of gauze or textile in the resulting funnel.
3. Pour a layer of carbolen tablets (activated carbon) on top.
4. Pour water on the coal, which, passing through the filter layer, is cleaned.

Important! One tablet of activated carbon can purify a liter of water. To make the cleaning better, it is better not to regret activated carbon.

In the field, you can use cotton wool and paper towels as filter material. The more polluted the water, the more filter material you will need. Of course, this is a temporary version of the filter; it is always impossible to use such a design.

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Service Features

How to make a water filter at home, sorted out. Now a few words about the maintenance of the device:

1. Filter care involves periodic replacement of filter media. This applies to both industrial and home-made designs.
2. Cleaning a homemade device is as follows: the filler is removed, and the walls are washed with running water.
3. After that, the filter must be dried and refilled with filter material.

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Now you are armed with several options for home-made water purifiers. This means that it will be much easier to choose the most convenient one and in any conditions you can use clean, safe water for your health.