If you are thinking about making a homemade water purifier you may be a little confused about charcoal and carbon, both are basically the same. The difference people often mean activated carbon when they speak about carbon and anything else they call charcoal.
Well, for constructing a homemade water purifier, both are very good to use in your filtration system. The charcoal will give you clear water and if the water you want to purify is not very contaminated, that will do just fine. If you want to filter out lots of dangerous bacteria and poisonous chlorine from your water, activated carbon is a better idea.
A homemade purifier has the advantage that you know exactly what is in it and what you can expect from it. This prevents you from having any unpleasant surprises. You will also save a lot of money by making your own homemade water purifier while you still give your family the protection they need.
I think the most important thing here is to take a good hard look at your water. Make a decision on how much “cleaning” power you need from your homemade water purifier and construct one that will do it. You will be surprised at how easy it actually is and how much money you can save.
Do not shun a homemade water purifier, if you do it right, it can be the best purifier available.
