Homemade Charcoal Water Filter

The charcoal is the main point of purification in this diy water filter.

Homemade charcoal water filter.

How to make a charcoal sand water filter step 1. Charcoal is the filtration media that many of our ancestors used to filter contaminated water. Activated charcoal is one of the most widely used substances to filter water. Used in both drinking water and for aquariums activated charcoal also known as activated carbon is very porous.

To make your own water filter use a craft knife to cut the bottom inch off of a plastic bottle then punch a hole in the bottle cap with a hammer and a nail. Collect the dirty water that you are going to filter and set aside. One major problem with the improvised charcoal diy filter method the main issue to consider is that unlike water filtered with a bio filter the improvised charcoal filter provides you with cloudy water. Place a coffee filter over the mouth of the bottle and tighten the cap over it then put the bottle upside down into a mug or cup.

Because of this property the filtering material traps impurities in the water and holds them allowing clean pure water to pass through.