Originally posted by Rudy:
8-16 drops of bleach per gallon of clear water. let it sit for 30 minutes.
If the water is cloudy, double the amount of bleach.
If it is cold, double the amount of bleach.
Always strain the water before filtering. It'll make your filter last longer.
Always filter before adding chemicals. You want to remove as much of the 'big' stuff before adding chemicals.
You can always refilter to remove taste.
Only problem is a ceramic filter will not remove the taste only charcoal filters remove chemicals and remove the bleach taste from the water and the carbon filters do not process very much water before needing new charcoal.
I suppose a person can make their own charcoal filter without too much trouble and use it along with a good ceramic filter.
Also what I do is use either cheese cloth or coffee filters to strain the water before using the filter and I will take a guess that if you fill a coffee filter with charcoal it would do a fairly good job of getting rid of the bad taste and chemicals.
