Two-bucket ceramic filter

This is a weekend project. You don't need it to start, but it's cheap and it lasts.

Two stacked food-grade buckets with ceramic elements make a filter that handles a family's daily water.

You'll need two buckets with lids, two or more ceramic filter elements, a spigot and a drill with a hole saw.

Mark the bottom bucket 'clean' and never mix the lids. Scrub the elements with a soft pad when the flow slows.

Steps

Drill holes in the bottom of the top bucket and the lid of the bottom bucket to fit the filter elements.
Fit the ceramic elements through the holes with their seals.
Add a spigot near the bottom of the lower bucket.
Stack them, fill the top, and let it drip. Scrub the elements when the flow slows.

Food-grade 5 gal buckets with lids

Two needed, one for dirty and one for clean.

Doulton ceramic candle

Ceramic element you can scrub clean.

Water spigot for bucket

Fits the bottom bucket.

Hole saw kit

Cut clean holes for elements and the spigot.

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