You may be wondering if a Homemade Carbon Water Filter is a good idea. Well, a homemade carbon water filter is one of the water filters you can construct very successfully.
When people use the word “carbon” they often mean two different things. Some call the ordinary charcoal you can make a charcoal water filter with “carbon” and them other only call the activated carbon “carbon.” (Strange as that may sound!)
A homemade carbon water filter with activated carbon is a very good idea. There are two ways you can do it. The first you buy all the components and assemble it, I do not think that can really be called homemade though!
The second method is to construct your homemade carbon water filter from scratch. In this method you will make it from mostly ordinary household goods, but you will have to buy the activated carbon though.
Something very important to mention about activated carbon is that it filters out all bacteria and even chlorine from your water very successfully. So, making one is really a very good idea. If you make the same filter with charcoal you will still get clear water, but it will not filter out the chlorine in the water so you will still taste it.
So, when making a homemade carbon water filter, using activated carbon is your best choice.
