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My Brita Faucet Filter has gotten some build-up in the creases (on the exterior, not part of the filtration system). The switch that you use to switch from filtered to regular water has so much build-up that I can barely change it. The build-up in the creases is kind of a brownish-orange.

I've soaked it in vinegar but the problem still exists. My wife wants to WD-40 the switch! Any better ideas?

2009-03-03 10:29:40 by BROJD

You think Brita gives you clean water? So shouldn#39;t it be able to remove simple food coloring from your water? Let#39;s see! eSpring Water ...

We normally drink bottled water at home. We use filtered tap water for our hot water. I was just wondering if tap watered filtered by Brita charcoal is safe to drink. My wife says activated charcoal does not filter out organisms or the tiny amout of parasites that might be in the municipal tap water.

I checked the label for the bottled water in the grocery store. They usually say it's been ozonated and filtered by activated charcoal. Even the water from the spring water says it's been filtered. That seems to tell me you need to filter out the organic impurities with charcoal and treat it with something to kill off the germs. Is that correct? Thanks.

Activated charcoal does clean the water to some extent. It will never be completely cleaned of unwanted minerals and microscopic organisms unless you distill it and pour it into a sterile container. But don't worry about it. We probably all ingest quite a bit of dirt and organisms without realizing it. Just think. When was the last time you ate without washing your hands first? Or handled money before you ate French fries? There were probably more germs in one dirty finger than the germs that pass through the charcoal filter in a month.

So relax. Just wash your hands before meals. The water that's been filtered is already much cleaner than the tap water. And the lowly tap water has already been treated and chlorinated. I know of some 80 and 90 year old people that have drunk tap water all their lives.

2007-02-14 20:36:43 by Jentleman

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What exactly is this green film? Is it dangerous and is it preventable?

Clean it with Bleach, and rinse well. Algea grows when the PH level and the alkalinity level are perfect for growth.

Plan to clean out your Brita (including the filter holder) regularly to prevent this happening again.

2007-01-12 06:13:10 by Joanne K

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I have a Brita Ultramax, and I can not for the life of me figure out how to take it apart, so that it can be cleaned. Is there someone else out there that has come across this?

Oh, and if you give a lame answer like "no" just so you can get "points" get a life.

use a feather duster. derrrr

2008-05-01 18:38:00 by lib227ra

I do not have a brita filter, beause i do not have any money. I just got a fly trap and it needs clean water. How to i get tap water clean?

The venus fly trap needs to have water with a TDS (total dissolved solids) measurement of 50 PPM or less. Most tap water won't meet this standard, even if it is run through a filter like Brita. Boiling the water, or setting it out will not fix this. You basically have 3 options for cleaning the water before using it to your plant:

1) Buy distilled water - You should be able to buy distilled water by the gallon from any major supermarket store like Wal-mart, Target, etc. This water will have a TDS measurement of 0 PPM. In other words it is pure water.

2) Use rain water. If you can devise a way of collecting rainwater, it is cheap and rain water has a very low TDS measurement.

3) Get a reverse osmosis unit. RO units will remove most of the TDS in water, but they are somewhat expensive.

2008-04-13 09:40:05 by Sheb