Water Filter

[metalpysko]

-hardness
-iron/magnesium
-High tds
-Acidity
-sand/sediment
-sulfur rotten egg smell
-bad taste
-chlorine
-silt
-arsenic

In my water any recommendation on a good water filter

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

I would start with a carbon filter and see if that works. If not, you may need to approach other options like a reverse osmosis system, which can be very pricey.

After filtering, your pH can be adjusted with various salts once you know what your water profile looks like.

 

[VladOfTrub]

A basic dual filter system will get rid of silt, turbidity and chlorine. To clean up the rest you'll need RO. I bought from Home Depot a GE four stage RO for under 300 bucks with a 24 gallon per day capacity. It comes with a three gallon tank, all the interconnecting tubing, auto shut off, dispenser, mounting brackets, and an indicator that blinks when it's time to change the RO element. If you brew in the kitchen. Everything fits under the sink. Along with the RO, I bought two GE dual filters to prefilter the water going to the RO filter, and a 10 gallon tank. Summer time, the water here is terrible. Lots of sulfer, chlorine, alkaline, loaded with iron. I use two 10s and a .5 micron filter with a carbon polisher in the prefilters to keep the more expensive RO filters clean. The system is reliable, easy to install, uses standard size filters, produces consistently pure water, and has paid for itself.

 

[metalpysko]

Do u have a website for that filter system and is there any way I might be able to hook it up to a home built brew system

 

[Spartan1979]

Here is an RO system for $130. I don't have one, but it is intriguing.

75 GPD RO/DI 4 Stage Economy System - English

 

[metalpysko]

Thanks buddy I'm deffently gonna get one of those for my brewing I was told that this water is good for iPas but not other beers. So I gonna see if I could rig that up to my brew stand thanks again

 

[pearlbeer]

If your water is that bad, I would use RO water. Might not be worth investing in an RO system just for brewing.

Most RO brewers just get their RO water from the grocery store. Most stores now have a machine which fills 1-5g vessels. You should be able to get your total water volume on the cheap.

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

If your water is that bad, I would use RO water. Might not be worth investing in an RO system just for brewing.

Most RO brewers just get their RO water from the grocery store. Most stores now have a machine which fills 1-5g vessels. You should be able to get your total water volume on the cheap.

+1. This is all I do. I have a local water store that I use. They charge $1.75 for 5 gallons of RO water, so the <$5 I spend on water isn't a big deal to me.

 

[OneHoppyGuy]

-hardness
-iron/magnesium
-High tds
-Acidity
-sand/sediment
-sulfur rotten egg smell
-bad taste
-chlorine
-silt
-arsenic

In my water any recommendation on a good water filter

And you drink that?
+1 on the Reverse Osmosis, charcoal won't touch most of the stuff you have listed. The link Spartan has looks like a pretty good deal.

 

[metalpysko]

I don't have any place around here and 1 gallon of water 1.13 a gallon and I could go to a spring but it's 60 miles and that's more gas I'm sure that water filter will pay for itself in the long run