Before you think that you will drink water from a well, creek, lake or other off the grid type of source you should be considering testing the water. Even when you use replacement filters or the chemical filters you should still test the water you will drink before and after and verify what your coolant filtration are removing.

There are five basic types you should know about filter, and each type is very suited to the particular type of the contaminating, it means that you may need to use the combination of the filters on your water even if you want to remove all of the contaminants. Most people get to know the contents of their water and use a single filter that is best suited to the particular type of water their source provides.

The carbon activated filters we are known to remove tastes and the odors from water, as well as the attracting most organic pollutants that will be into the charcoal and keeping them always stable. It does not remove all of the pollutants and it is suited to the organic based of the chemical removal rather than the industrial type. Some virus and bacteria will remain in the water that we want to drink with this filter, though it does remove some of them.

Distilling the water is one of the oldest way to purify water and most reliable methods of the making water to be safe, it is very effective at killing the most organic and the bacteria or virus’s and this way does remove most of the chemical pollutants, however those with the boiling point that is so equal or higher than the water will remain which is very few.

Sand filters are also an old and it is tested method but sometimes it requires a different set of the circumstances. Because of the sand of the filter requires the constant operation it may be necessary for you to pump the treated water into a holding tank.