Bucket Water Filtration Systems

One five gallon bucket lid.

Bucket water filtration systems.

Also the more media you have the longer the filter will remain effective. Huining ceramic dome water filter replacement filter for water pre filtration unit filter media replacement 0 15 to 0 5 micron for household water bucket filtration system water pitcher 2 pcs 4 5 out of 5 stars 2. It is amazing how these four materials can turn ordinary five gallon sized buckets into a portable and reliable homemade water filtration system that definitely works. All gravity fed water filters work the same regardless.

The water leaves the top bucket gets filtered through the filters and then it drains into the lower bucket. I once wrote an article about a purchased filtration system that i had to put together myself that wasn t that hard to do. The difference is how well it will filter. How to make an effective charcoal and sand water filter using two buckets.

So three 5 gallon buckets is large enough to do a good job filtering your water and it will last some time as well. Electric drill with 1 2 inch and 1 1 4 inch drill bits. So using the electric drill and the 1 hole saw drill a hole in the bottom of three of the buckets. Two five gallon buckets.

Relatively easy to make with the step. However it is important to note that simply filtering the water would not rid it of all. Water filtration systems are expensive there s no doubt about that. The more media the water passes through the better job it does filtering.

Fill the bucket with lake stream river well borehole tap or rain water. You are going to stack the three buckets up with each of them taking on one part of the filtration process. Huining ceramic dome water filter replacement filter for water pre filtration unit filter media replacement 0 15 to 0 5 micron for household water bucket filtration system water pitcher 2 pcs 4 5 out of 5 stars 2. The big name water filter systems are expensive but there is a way to make a gravity fed water filter system for yourself for a fraction of the cost.

That s all there is to it really simple and effective. This water filter works something like this. To start water flowing simply lower the filter down below the opening on the bucket and let gravity do the work. Then hang the filter onto the side of the bucket with the included hanger.

To make this possible we need to make a path for the water to pass from one bucket to the next.