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Suggestions for an over-engineered water filter? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world to c/diy@slrpnk.net

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Local tap is dubious at best and leaded at worst so we fill 5gallon jugs at a filter station the next town over. I'm getting tired of transporting and paying for water, so I'd like to make a filter that won't just clog up with hard water in a week. Anyone have recommendations on where to start?

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[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

We have a softener and a "commercial" reverse osmosis unit with a built-in diaphragm pump and a 14 gallon pressure tank. We have been doing yearly changes on the filters. Household of 3 though.

The softener is a puronics brand, the RO unit is Ecosoft RObust 1500.

Not needing to tackle hard water stains and build up every 2 weeks made it worth it, but it was a significant investment (plus we ran RO lines from the garage/tank to the kitchen).

And with the pump set to 60psi, I can have infinite carbonated water without another expensive setup.