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Okay, so I bought a Pur water filter pitcher so that I would stop buying so much bottled water, with the intention to be more environmentally friendly.

The time just came to replace the cartridge for the first time. What do I with the old cartridge? Can it be recycled at all? I don't like thorwing things in the trash if I don't have to.

better dump it in the back yard of your neighbour at night without making any noice of throwing.

2007-12-01 22:30:01 by gidgetgoesfloridian

www.waterfilters.net Aquaman demonstrates how to change a Sediment Water Filter Cartridge and offers some useful tips on general maintenance ...

We have an expensive refrigerator water filter that needs replacing all the time, has anyone bypassed the factory filter and installed a basic cartridge filter in the water supply line?

An RO drinking water system

2007-01-17 17:56:44 by GG

Price: $98.00 $51.69

Ion exchange resin for lead and heavy metal reduction
Should be replaced every 6 mos to 1 year depending on water quality and usage
Enhanced bacteriostatic and self sterilizing properties

I just change my filter cartridges and now sure what to do with the old one. Should i put it in a trash can or in recycle bin ?

Get a small padded envelope

Address it to Brita Customer Service, use the address listed on their site for problems

Write a hand written but readable letter saying you tried using the filter but were not satisified with it. They might send you a free one.

Otherwise, I would just trash it

2009-03-11 17:50:25 by vietnamese84

Outstanding Chlorine Taste and Odor Reduction Based on NSF/ANSI Standard 42.
Lead, Cyst and Turbidity Reduction Based on NSF/ANSI Standard 53.
Graded-density filtration + high dirt holding capacity. Photo is of EXACT item.

I would like to perform a test to see if my Brita Filter cartridge is still effective. What would be your suggestion in designing an experiment to test the water filtered by these cartridge?

I have access to use microscope, petri dishes, incubator, x-ray diffraction machine, gas chromatography, pH meter, and regular chemical experiment equipments.

thanks in advance

You need to test the water before and after filtration. This will let you determine what, if anything, the filter removed (or added) to (from) the water.

The microscope can be used to detect particulates. The petri dishes, and incubator can be used for microbial (bacteria and fungi) growth, but the shouldn't be any microbes in your drinking water before you filter it. The govenment has a TMDL of 0 for all microbes.

I'm not sure how X-ray difraction works and I believe gas chromatography take a small amount of a solid material and vaporizes it, so I don't think it would work.

You can test pH before and after, but that won't give you very much information.

2006-10-10 06:55:49 by coza b

I need to pre-filter water from river before it gets to sediment cartridge filter. I am thinking it will work but am concerned algae nay be a problem and clog backwash sand filter prematurely. Anyone had experience with this? Cartridge filter clogs in about a week so is an expensive problem. Any alternative way of doing this?
Apparently the algae would be a problem in a pool type backwash filter. It would propagate in a warm vessel. Also backwash (with the same supply of water) would only add to the problem. Any other ideas?

Tea strainer works,,,

2007-08-03 09:37:58 by Jim B